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Marine Animals of Costa Rica
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Marine Animals Of Costa Rica
- protected world wide, but are still hunted illeagally
- populations are about 30-35% of their original population
- Costa Rica has the longest humpback whale season in the world
- at the end of October the whales of the Artic meet the whales of Antartica
- one of the most iconic and often-sighted whales in Costa Rica
Sea Turtles
Sea Snakes
Fun Facts
5 species of sea turtles
- Leatherback
- Green
- Loggerhead
- Hawksbill
- Olive Ridley
- Have thin fangs (2-4mm) so most of the time they can not go through wetsuits
- All sea snake bites are dangerous to humans
- 50 species of sea snakes and they are the most abundant of all reptiles
- Costa Rica has 3 of the most important nesting sites for sea turtles in the world
- Sea Turtles are one of the oldest reptiles on the planet
- Leatherbacks are the largest of all turtles
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Marine Park
Costa Rica created a marine park early March 2011 that is 2.47 million acres.
- The park is around the Cocos Islands (342 mile off of the coast of Costa Rica)
- Bigger than Yellow stone National Park
- Conservationists hope that this park will help endangered marine species to recover from increasing pressures from humans
White Tip Reef Shark
Some predators are Tiger, Galapagos, and Silvertip Sharks.
Are in the near threatned category on the IUCN Red List.
Dolphins/Whales
Fish
- About 25 Whale and Dolphin species live in Costa Rican waters.
- 35% of all whale and porpise species are found in the coasts of Costa Rica
180 species of fresh-water fish.
- Bottlenose Dolphin
- Common Dolphin
- Fin Whale
- Humpback Whale
- Orca/Killer Whale
- Pacific Spotted Dolphin
- Pilot Whales
- Sei Whales
- Beaked Whales
- Spinner Dolphin
- Roughtooth Dolphin
- Rhissos Dolphin
Costa Rica has some of the largest fish in the Pacific Ocean.
Fresh- Water Fish
- Mazatlan Sole
- Bull Shark
- Californian Needlefish
- Freshwater Sole
- Blackbelt Cichild
- White-Eye
- Blue Tilapia
- Rainbow Trout
- Leatherjack
- Fat Snook
Endangered Animals
Killer Whales
- largest members of the dolphin family
- adult Killer Whales eat about 550 pounds of food a day
- follow their food instead of a set migration pattern
Bullseye Electric Ray, Colorado Grouper, Cowfish, Crown Shark, Fiddlefish, Golden Cownose Ray, Longnose Eagle Ray, and Olive Grouper are fish that are endangered in Costa Rica.
White Tip Reef Shark, Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks, Leatherback Turtles, Galapagos Sea Lion, and West Indian Manatee are also endangered.