Sea Creatures: Reef Madness

Sea Creatures: Reef Madness — page 1 — THREATENED SPECIES RATINGS Here are various statuses that the International Union for the Conservation of Nature IUCN assigns to species which you'll find used about different sea creatures in these pages The IUCN evaluates species using several criteria such as population size habitat destruction number of individuals that have reached sexual maturity etc NE Not evaluated no data to allow the species to be evaluated according to the criteria DD Insufficient data data does not allow for evaluation LC Least concern this is where we put species that have been evaluated but that don't go into the categories below Humans fit in here NT Near threatened close to fulfilling all the criteria to become threatened in the near future VU Vulnerable facing an elevated risk of extinction in the wild EN Threatened Very high risk of extinction in the wild CR Critically threatened extremely high risk of extinction in the wild EW Lost species that only exists in cultivation EX Species has completely vanished sea creatures in their own words A big thank you to Arnaud Plumeri for having had the idea of making educational cartoons from which I've learned so many things Christophe Thank you to Christophe for having put on his snorkel and mask in order to immerse us in these lovely fish tales because he always finds us good jokes even when he's holding his breath A special thank you to Alexandre and Mirabelle for their superb colors And thank you to Bamboo for being a real think tank Jytéry SEA CREATURES IN THEIR OWN WORDS Les Animaux Marins en Bande Dessinee Sea Creatures in Comics by Cazenove and Jytéry ©2013 BAMBOO ÉDITION www bamboo fr All other editorial material 2017 by Papercutz SEA CREATURES IN THEIR OWN WORDS 1 REEF MADNESS Christophe Cazenove Writer Thierry Jytéry Artist Alexandre Amouriq Mirabelle Colors Nanette McGuinness Translation Janice Chiang Letterer JayJay Jackson Additional Art Big Bird Zatryb Production Mellisa Kleynowski Editorial Intern Sasha Kimiatek Production Coordinator Robert V Conte Editor Jeff Whitman Assistant Managing Editor Jim Salicrup Editor in Chief Papercutz books may be purchased for business or promotional use For information on bulk purchases please contact Macmillan Corporate and Premium Sales Department at 800 221 7945 x5442 SEA CREATURES IN THEIR OWN WORDS graphic novels are also available digitally wherever e books are sold www papercutz com

Sea Creatures: Reef Madness — page 2 — THE OCTOPUS LITTLE HABIT THE OCTOPUS HAS A HABIT OF COLLECTING EVERYTHING IT FINDS WHICH IT IMMEDIATELY PLACES IN FRONT OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE ROCK WHERE IT LIVES WOW A ROCK GREAT A SHELL CAAAAREFULLY CAAAAAREFULLY ON TENTACLE TIPS AWESOME A SODA CAN WHEN SOMETHING DANGEROUS APPROACHES LIKE A CONGER EEL FOR EXAMPLE IT COLLECTS THE ITEMS AT TOP SPEED RAAAH DANGER YIKES I'M DEAD QUICK QUICK TO BARRICADE ITSELF N ITS SHELTER SOMETIMES HOWEVER IT DOESN'T HAVE TIME TO GATHER WHAT IT NEEDS THAT BLASTED CONGER EEL AGAIN OOF KO AND NOT THE TINIEST LITTLE ROCK I'M DEAD SO IT USES WHATEVER IT'S GOT IN ITS TENTACLES BASED ON THAT IT SHOULDNT BE SURPRISING THAT THE OCTOPUS ISNT VERY POPULAR WITH ITS NEIGHBORS HEY-HO NOPE THAT WONT FIT GRRR WHAT KIND OF MANNERS ARE THESE

Sea Creatures: Reef Madness — page 3 — YOU KNOW AT BIRTH THEY ARE LIKE EVERY OTHER FISH FLATFISH DADDY IS IT NORMAL FOR THEM TO BE TOTALLY FLAT WELL YEAH BUT IT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITH THE FLIP OF A FIN THEY START TO CHANGE BETWEEN 5 AND 120 MILLIMETERS THEN THEY SETTLE DOWN ON THE OCEAN FLOOR ONE OF THEIR EYES MIGRATES ONTO THE SAME SIDE AS THE OTHER ARRH THAT MUST HURT A WHOLE LOT HA HA DON'T WAIT FOR ME GUYS I'M GOING TO SETTLE IN HERE IT'S A REALLY GREAT SPOT IT LOOKS LIKE A PICASSO HA AND BINGO.2 TO 5 INCHES THEIR MOUTHS START TO GET WONKY AND THEY MAKE THEMSELVES TOTALLY FLAT THERE ARE LOTS OF SPECIES THAT CHANGE LIKE THIS THE SOLE THE TURBOT VIEW FROM ABOVE VIEW FROM THE SIDE EYES MOUTH AND THE GROUPER TOO IT CHANGED BECAUSE I SAT DOWN ON HIM BY ACCIDENT AH NO NOT THE GROUPER GULPA

Sea Creatures: Reef Madness — page 4 — THE INCREDIBLE STARFISH AH SO I SEE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THE STARFISH TOO THERE ARE AROUND 1,600 SPECIES OF THIS AMAZING CREATURE DID YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU CUT OFF ONE OF ITS ARMS POOF IT GROWS BACK WELL NOT THE NEXT MINUTE BUT STILL AND IF ITS FOOD IS TOO BIG FOR ITS MOUTH DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT DOES DRAT THAT WILL NEVER FIT IT BRINGS ITS OWN STOMACH OUT OF ITS BODY THAT STARTS DIGESTING ITS PREY ON THE SPOTI FOR AN ANIMAL THAT HAS NEITHER HEAD NOR BRAIN IT IS TOTALLY FASCINATING PLUS IT'S FOR GAMES WITHOUT IT WE'D REALLY GET BORED ON WEEKENDS GAMES THE STARFISH I DIDN'T KNOW THAT 4 TO 2 FOR NOW

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