Atlantic Ocean – Page 5 – Animal Toy Blog

Killer Whale, adult and calf (ANIA by Takara Tomy A.R.T.S.)

Name(s): killer whale, Orcinus, Orcinus orca Brand: ANIA, Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. Classification: Mammals, Whales & Dolphins Type: Baby Animal, Figurine Range: Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean

4 (7 votes)

Review and images by JimoAi; edited by bmathison1972

Contrary to their common name, killer whales (Orcinus orca), also known as orcas, are a species of oceanic dolphin, although they can be considered whales as all dolphins are considered whales but not all whales are dolphins. They are the largest of all dolphins, reaching lengths of 500 cm to 960 cm with males getting to greater lengths than females and also sporting larger pectoral and dorsal fins, with some getting higher than 180 cm (that’s taller than I am!).

Bowmouth Guitarfish (Sea Life by Schleich)

Name(s): bowmouth guitarfish, Rhina, Rhina ancylostoma, shark ray Brand: Schleich Classification: Fish, Sharks, Rays & Kin Type: Figurine Range: Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Oceania, Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean

4.6 (5 votes)

Review and images by JimoAi; edited by bmathison1972

“A shark!” a couple exclaimed as a bowmouth guitarfish (Rhina ancylostoma) swims past the aquarium viewing panel. It swished its shark like tail from side to side but has a flattened head of a ray, making it look like a hybrid of a shark and a ray.

Manta Ray (Marine Life by Papo)

Name(s): giant oceanic manta ray, Mobula, Mobula birostris Brand: Papo Classification: Fish, Sharks, Rays & Kin Type: Figurine Range: Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean

4.7 (3 votes)

Review and images by JimoAi; edited by bmathison1972

In the warm waters around the Galapagos Islands, a giant oceanic manta ray (Mobula birostris) swoops by, causing the nearby fish to flee due to the large size of the ray. She opens her large mouth to allow zooplankton to be collected and in turn, her gill rakers filter them, allowing seawater to be exhaled.

Common Octopus (Minatureplanet Vol. 15 by Eikoh)

Name(s): common octopus, Octopus, Octopus vulgaris Brand: Eikoh, Miniatureplanet Classification: Mollusks Type: Figurine Range: Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean

2 (3 votes)

Review and images by JimoAi; edited by bmathison1972

Octopuses are remarkable animals: They have 3 hearts, blue blood, are able to squeeze into tiny spaces that are larger than its beak, change colour and sometimes texture to match their surroundings, and their most remarkable feature: intelligence. Compared to the other invertebrates, the octopus outsmarts all of them due to it having the largest brain-to-body ratio and the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) has around half a billion neurons, two thirds of it are located in the 8 arms of the animal.

Sharks of the World Deluxe Box Set (Colorata)

4 (4 votes)

Review and images by JimoAi; edited by bmathison1972

Sharks are master hunters. They have inhabited the world’s oceans since the Silurian period and are still standing strong today, even though their population is dwindling due to human greed. They have a basic body plan of a streamlined body, having cartilage rather than bone for their skeletal structure, external gill slits on either sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head.

Manta Ray, 2013 (Sea Life by Schleich)

Name(s): Mobula, Mobula alfredi, reef manta ray Brand: Schleich Classification: Fish, Sharks, Rays & Kin Type: Figurine Range: Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Oceania, Pacific Ocean

4 (2 votes)

Review and images by JimoAi; edited by bmathison1972

In the warm seas of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, a small part of the reef got dark as it is obscured by a diamond-shaped shadow, the entity which casted the shadow flaps her wing-like pectoral fins to propel herself through the water as she opens her mouth to feed on krill and zooplankton.

Scalloped Hammerhead Shark (Marine Life by Papo)

Name(s): scalloped hammerhead shark, Sphyrna, Sphyrna lewini Brand: Papo Classification: Fish, Sharks, Rays & Kin Type: Figurine Range: Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Oceania, Pacific Ocean

5 (5 votes)

Review and images by JimoAi; edited by bmathison1972

Out of all the shark species, the most distinguishable group is probably the ones from the family Sphyrnidae, while all but the winghead shark of the genus Eusphyra are placed under the genus Sphyra, better known as the hammerhead sharks.

Shrimp (Incredible Creatures by Safari Ltd.)

Name(s): Farfantepenaeus, Farfantepenaeus duorarum, pink shrimp Brand: Incredible Creatures, Safari Ltd. Classification: Arthropods, Crustaceans Type: Figurine Range: Atlantic Ocean

5 (3 votes)

Today we are looking at a review of, and for me a total reassessment of, the ‘shrimp’ produced by Safari Ltd. in 2015 as part of their Incredible Creatures line. When I first received this figure, I was very happy for it, since it was the first arthropod produced by Safari in five years (that wasn’t part of a TOOB or life cycle set), but also had some stark criticisms for it.

Great White Shark (ANIA by Takara Tomy A.R.T.S.)

Name(s): Carcharodon, Carcharodon carcharias, great white shark Brand: ANIA, Takara Tomy A.R.T.S. Classification: Fish, Sharks, Rays & Kin Type: Figurine Range: Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Oceania, Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean

2.3 (3 votes)

Review and images by JimoAi; edited by bmathison1972

The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) is probably the most famous fish on this planet. It has gained a fearsome reputation thanks to movies like Jaws, which portrays these beautiful animals as nothing more that blood-thirsty killers driven by the instinct to kill.

Killer Whale (Sealife by Mojö Fun)

Name(s): killer whale, Orcinus, Orcinus orca Brand: Mojo Fun Classification: Mammals, Whales & Dolphins Type: Figurine Range: Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Southern Ocean

4 (3 votes)

Review and images by callmejoe3; edited by bmathison1972

This blog managed to cover a wide variety of cetaceans before getting to today’s species, the killer whale (Orcinus orca). The public perception of killer whales has a rather dramatic history compared to most cetaceans. While revered by Indigenous cultures in North America, Europeans viewed killer whales as a malevolent nuisance and threat.

Oceanic Whitetip Shark (Wild Safari Sealife by Safari Ltd.)

Name(s): Carcharhinus, Carcharhinus longimanus, oceanic whitetip shark Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Sealife Classification: Fish, Sharks, Rays & Kin Type: Figurine Range: Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Oceania, Pacific Ocean

5 (4 votes)

Review and images by JimoAi; edited by bmathison1972

When it comes to dangerous sharks to humans, most people will always think about the great white, the tiger, or the bull shark. However, there is a runner up for the most dangerous shark that not many people have heard of, and it’s the oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus).

Manta Ray (Sharks of the World Museum Model by Colorata)

Name(s): Mobula, Mobula alfredi, reef manta ray Brand: Colorata Classification: Fish, Sharks, Rays & Kin Type: Figurine Range: Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Oceania, Pacific Ocean

3.7 (3 votes)

Review and images by JimoAi; edited by bmathison1972

When it comes to chondrichthyes, the sharks always come up at the top of the popularity lists. In fact, whenever a toy company makes a fish figure, it’s always almost going to be a shark, usually a great white shark. Their cousins, the rays and chimaeras, are not so lucky in terms of treatment, and the luckiest non-shark chondrichthian to receive figure treatment is the largest of the rays and largest fish that isn’t a shark alive today, the manta ray.

Edible Crab (Marine Life by Papo)

Name(s): Cancer, Cancer pagurus, edible crab Brand: Papo Classification: Arthropods, Crustaceans Type: Figurine Range: Atlantic Ocean

5 (3 votes)

Today we are looking at the edible crab (Cancer pagurus) released just this year by Papo. This is an exciting figure. It is Papo’s first crustacean, and only the second crustacean in a Western company’s ‘Sealife/Marine life’ line following CollectA’s 2019 king crab (I am not counting figures in the Incredible Creatures line by Safari Ltd.).

Bonnethead Shark (Wild Safari Sealife by Safari Ltd.)

Name(s): Bonnethead Shark, Sphyrna, Sphyrna tiburo Brand: Safari Ltd., Wild Safari Sealife Classification: Fish, Sharks, Rays & Kin Type: Figurine Range: Atlantic Ocean, North America, Pacific Ocean, South America

5 (3 votes)

In my last review I touched on the diversity of the hammerhead family Sphyrnidae while covering a toy representative of the family’s largest member, the great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran). Today we’re covering another member of that family, but one that is quite different from the great hammerhead and from what we think of when we think of hammerheads in general.

Great Hammerhead Shark (Kid Galaxy)

Name(s): great hammerhead shark, Sphyrna, Sphyrna mokarran Brand: Kid Galaxy Classification: Fish, Sharks, Rays & Kin Type: Figurine Range: Africa, Asia, Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Indian Ocean, North America, Oceania, Pacific Ocean, South America

2.8 (4 votes)

Although there are a plethora of toy hammerhead sharks out there very few of them identify the toy as anything more specific than a hammerhead. Most people probably don’t even realize that hammerhead is not a specific species of shark but rather an entire family of sharks (Sphyrnidae) that includes 9 distinct species.

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