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• Triggerfishes are the brightly coloured fishes of the family Balistidae.

• Marked by lines and spots, they inhabit warm coastal waters of the Atlantic, Mediterranean and the Indo-Pacific.

• Marbled hatchetfish are the only known fish that can actually fly by jumping into the air and moving their fins.

• The sea otter often keeps a stone tool in its armpit pouch.

• Some cichlid fish, crocodiles and frogs keep their eggs or young in their mouths or stomachs.

• The Horseshoe crab has blue, copper based blood.