Look at the fish in the above picture. What do you notice about it? Yep, you guessed it - it's head is transparent, meaning you can see through it. Go to this National Geographic link and read page one of the article. After you read page one, watch the video clip titled "Fish With Transparent Head Filmed" and then proceed to read the rest of the pages of the article (four pages total). Answer the following questions.
1. What was your immediate reaction to looking at the Pacific Barreleye Fish?
2. What is MBARI?
3. What does pivot mean? Explain.
4. What species of jellyfish do the barreleye fish steal food from?
5. When swimming in the ocean, would you ever get to see a barreleye fish? Why or why not? (Hint: look on page 4)
6. Would you like to have a Pacific Barreleye as a pet? Why or why not? (At least 3 sentences)
1. What was your immediate reaction to looking at the Pacific Barreleye Fish?
2. What is MBARI?
3. What does pivot mean? Explain.
4. What species of jellyfish do the barreleye fish steal food from?
5. When swimming in the ocean, would you ever get to see a barreleye fish? Why or why not? (Hint: look on page 4)
6. Would you like to have a Pacific Barreleye as a pet? Why or why not? (At least 3 sentences)
11 comments:
1. My reaction when I first looked at this fish was stunned.
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1.My immediate action as soon as I saw the Pacific Barreleye Fish was wow that doesn't even look like a fish and that why can you only see what is inside its head and not its whole body.
2.MBARI is an institute. The letters stand for Montery Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
3.Pivot means when you rotate.
4.The barreleye fish steal food from the siphonophores jellyfish.
5.If you were swimming in the ocean you would not be able to see the barreleye fish because they live more than 2,00 feet under the ocean's surface.
6.I would not like to have a Pacific Barreleye Fish as a pet because they would never come out of the dark.Scientists would probably keep asking me if they can do tests on it.Also I would not know what to feed it.
1. My reaction was " Thats a fish?" and " Cool."
2. MBARI is an orginization that researches the living life in Monterey Bay.
3. Pivot means to move something slowly.
4. The species of jellyfish is called Siphonophores.
5. No. Because the fish lives over 2,000 feet under the ocean surface and you can't see that deep without an ROV.
6. No.I would not like that type of fish.Iwould not like that type of fish because it lives in a dark enviornment and I can't supply the darkness.I also can't supply the food it eats.I would like to have a picture of it because it looks cool, but not a live fish. That is why I wouldn't like to have that fish.
1. My innediate reactoin was supprised.
2. MBARI means Moterary bay aquarium reaserch institude.
3. Pivot means to move ur eyes fast.
4. The fish sleals food from the siphonophores jelly fish.
5. If you were swimming in the ocean you would not likley see the fish because it lives more than 2,ooo feet down.
6. I would like to have the fish as a pet because it looks cool. Alos because it is small and it would not take up much room in the house only the tank would take up a small amount of room. I would also like to have the fish as a pet because the food would not cost much like dog food it cost a bit much.
1.my immediate reaction was that the fish was really freaky looking and it looked very dangerous and still very scary.
2.MBARI means that the fish has a cind of sheald that blocks the fishes eye's.
3.Privot means that the fish has very steadyeyes like abirdwatcer
1.my immedate reaction when i saw the fish was wow thats a big fish.
2.mbari means monterey bay aquairem reasearch instute.
3.pivot means to rotate
4.sifodafor
5.no because they live 2,000 ft. deep in the oceain
6.i would not want a pacific barrele for a pet because i wowld not know were to get the food they eat. i also would not want to have a pacific barrele because they are use to being in deep water. another reason why i would not want that fish is that it is to big.
1.I think your reaction would be surprized and fasinated by how wierd they look. Or if you are younger they could be scary.
2. MBARI is the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute.
3. Pivot means that it is like waching birds through bionoculars.
4. Barreleye fish steals food from the siphonophores jellyfish.
5. The barreleye lives about 2,000 feet (600 meters) beneath the ocean's surface & you would normely not go down that deep.
6. I would not know if I would want a Pacific Barreleye as a pet or not. It would freak me out to wake up to that fish in my room. It would be wierd to have a fish that big in my room.
1. When I saw the fish it looked real scary because of the top of it's head.
2.MBARI stands for Montgomery Bay Aquariam Research Institute.
3.A pivot means to be able to move something in a circle.
4.It steals food from the siphonophores jellies.
5.No I wouldnt because they live 2,000 ft. in the water.
6.Yes I would like to have a
barreleye fish because I would feed it and be able to look at the dome on the top of it's head.
1. My idmediate reaction when i seen the fish was wow !! because you can see the brain and organs!!
2. MBARI means Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
3.Pivot means when you rotate.
4. Pacific barreleyes steal fish from siphonophores .
5. No you will not see The barreleye lives more than 2,000 feet (600 meters) beneath the ocean's surface, where the water is almost inky. also
1. My reaction when I first saw it was is that really a fish? The barreleye fish's head is clear and it looks really wierd.
2. MBARI stands for Monterey Bay Aquarium Reaserch Institute.
3. Pivot means that you can move it from left to right.
4. The spiecies of jellyfish that the berreleye fish steals from is called siphonophores.
5. No because they only live in
1.My recation was surprised that the fish has a little mouth and has clear skin so you can see through his skull.
2.MBARI is M=Monterey B=Bay A=Aquarium R=Research I=Institute.
3.Pivot means that you can see birds through its bondiculars.
4.The Pacific barreleyes may steal fish from siphonophores.
5.{No} because The barreleye lives more than 2,000 feet (600 meters) beneath the ocean's surface, where the water is almost inky.
6.No because i wouldn`t have the money to get it`s food or because of the water its really deep and i would have to pay the bills of the water and it freaks me out .
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