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# Ocean Animals (Page 4 of 5)

> Master of open marine waters, balancing salinity through osmoregulation and traversing major planetary currents.

**107 species in this collection.**

- [Mimic Octopus](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mimic-octopus/) (*Thaumoctopus mimicus*)
  - **Superpower**: Dynamic mimicry, switching between impressions of toxic animals depending on which predator is around
  - **Musical Match**: Jamiroquai (Jazz-Funk, Soul & Lounge Fusion)
- [Moon Jellyfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/moon-jellyfish/) (*Aurelia aurita*)
  - **Superpower**: Recycles energy from its own swimming stroke to travel 30% further with every pulse
  - **Musical Match**: Scientist (Roots Reggae & Heavy Dub)
- [Narwhal](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/narwhal/) (*Monodon monoceros*)
  - **Superpower**: Spiral Tusk Up to 9.8 Feet & 1,500-Meter, 25-Minute Dives
  - **Musical Match**: Björk (Art Pop & Baroque Pop)
- [Ocean Sunfish (Mola Mola)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/mola-mola/) (*Mola mola*)
  - **Superpower**: A body with no tail fin, steered by a stiff clavus rudder and driven by synchronized, penguin-style dorsal and anal fin strokes
  - **Musical Match**: Mulatu Astatke (Ethio-Jazz & Horn of Africa Grooves)
- [Ocellaris Clownfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/ocellaris-clownfish/) (*Amphiprion ocellaris*)
  - **Superpower**: Shelters among a stinging anemone's tentacles, and a male can change sex to become the breeding female
  - **Musical Match**: Mogwai (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral)
- [Orca (Killer Whale)](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/orca/) (*Orcinus orca*)
  - **Superpower**: Sophisticated matrilineal acoustic dialects and cooperative wave-washing attacks.
  - **Musical Match**: Rage Against the Machine (Nu-Metal & 90s Alt-Metal)
- [Osprey](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/osprey/) (*Pandion haliaetus*)
  - **Superpower**: A reversible outer toe and spiny footpads for gripping slippery fish
  - **Musical Match**: Slint (Post-Rock & Cinematic Orchestral)
- [Pacific Oyster](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/pacific-oyster/) (*Magallana gigas*)
  - **Superpower**: Filters up to 50 gallons of seawater a day
  - **Musical Match**: Kelly Lee Owens (IDM & Glitch Ambient Synthesis)
- [Polar Bear](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/polar-bear/) (*Ursus maritimus*)
  - **Superpower**: Jet-black skin under hollow, clear guard hairs, with up to 10 centimeters (4 inches) of fat beneath it.
  - **Musical Match**: Chelsea Wolfe (Blackgaze & Atmospheric Post-Metal)
- [Portuguese Man o' War](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/portuguese-man-o-war/) (*Physalia physalis*)
  - **Superpower**: A colony of clones working together as one, with four specialized parts for floating, capturing prey, feeding, and reproduction.
  - **Musical Match**: SALEM (Darkwave & Ethereal Witch House)
- [Quokka](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/quokka/) (*Setonix brachyurus*)
  - **Superpower**: Three spectrally distinct cone types for colour vision that may help it spot predators.
  - **Musical Match**: Vampire Weekend (Indie Rock & Jangle Pop)
- [Red Abalone](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-abalone/) (*Haliotis rufescens*)
  - **Superpower**: Clamps its shell down onto the rock, and the strength of its muscle makes it extremely difficult to detach.
  - **Musical Match**: Caroline Shaw (Neo-Classical & Baroque Chamber)
- [Red King Crab](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-king-crab/) (*Paralithodes camtschaticus*)
  - **Superpower**: Young crabs travel in pods of tens of thousands
  - **Musical Match**: Pelican (Blackgaze & Atmospheric Post-Metal)
- [Red Lionfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-lionfish/) (*Pterois volitans*)
  - **Superpower**: The persistent-predation strategy: it chased a faster fish at about half its speed and caught it in 61% of lab trials.
  - **Musical Match**: Electrelane (Art Punk & Experimental Post-Punk)
- [Red-Lipped Batfish](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/red-lipped-batfish/) (*Ogcocephalus darwini*)
  - **Superpower**: Fin-walking on the seabed, with a fishing lure that tucks into a cavity on its snout
  - **Musical Match**: The Proclaimers (Indie Rock & Jangle Pop)
- [Saltwater Crocodile](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/saltwater-crocodile/) (*Crocodylus porosus*)
  - **Superpower**: A bite that hit 3,689 pounds in one individual, the highest measured in any animal, and dermal pressure receptors that detect the ripples prey leave on the water's surface.
  - **Musical Match**: Jinjer (Modern Metalcore & Djent)
- [Sandfish Sea Cucumber](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sandfish-sea-cucumber/) (*Holothuria scabra*)
  - **Superpower**: Turns sea floor sediment into about 26 pellets an hour
  - **Musical Match**: Rhythm & Sound (Sub-Bass Dub & Industrial Heavyweight)
- [Scalloped Hammerhead](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/scalloped-hammerhead/) (*Sphyrna lewini*)
  - **Superpower**: A wide, notched head with electroreceptors on its underside. It appears to sense a weak electric field no better than a sandbar shark does, but seems to give a wider search area and sharp turns at high speed.
  - **Musical Match**: LTJ Bukem (Drum & Bass / Spatial Jungle)
- [Scaly-foot Snail](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/scaly-foot-snail/) (*Chrysomallon squamiferum*)
  - **Superpower**: Foot scales and shell often mineralised with iron sulfide, and a heart that's about 4% of its body volume
  - **Musical Match**: Godflesh (Industrial Rock & Cyberpunk)
- [Sea Lamprey](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sea-lamprey/) (*Petromyzon marinus*)
  - **Superpower**: A jawless, sucker-like mouth ringed with small, sharp teeth that act as a rasp, plus a file-like tongue
  - **Musical Match**: Boris (Sludge Metal & Heavy Drone)
- [Sea Otter](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sea-otter/) (*Enhydra lutris*)
  - **Superpower**: Up to a million hairs per square inch, the densest fur of any mammal, plus a skin pocket that carries a rock for cracking shells.
  - **Musical Match**: Khruangbin (Classic Funk, Soul & Disco)
- [Shortfin Mako Shark](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/shortfin-mako-shark/) (*Isurus oxyrinchus*)
  - **Superpower**: Bursts up to 70 km/h and keeps swimming muscles warmer than the surrounding sea
  - **Musical Match**: Charli xcx (2020s Pop & Modern Alt)
- [Sockeye Salmon](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/sockeye-salmon/) (*Oncorhynchus nerka*)
  - **Superpower**: Returns to spawn in the freshwater system where it was hatched
  - **Musical Match**: John Denver (Pastoral Folk & Progressive Bluegrass)
- [Southern Elephant Seal](https://animaltracks.wiki/animals/southern-elephant-seal/) (*Mirounga leonina*)
  - **Superpower**: Breath-holds of up to two hours on oxygen-rich blood, and a roaring proboscis
  - **Musical Match**: The Bug (Sub-Bass Dub & Industrial Heavyweight)

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