Spines to Grazing away protect The mon sea urchin urchin grazes on seaweeds and animals such as sea mats that grow on the surface of seaweeds. The urchin uses the rasping teeth on the underside of its shell that are operated by plex set of jaws inside, Pelican known as Aristotle’s diving lantern. The grazing activities of urchins can control how much seaweed grows in an area, so if too many Brown urchins are collected for pelican food or tourist souvenirs, catches a rocky reef can e fish in overgrown by seaweed. beak Feeding Sea urchin’s mouth on fishes Tube-feet used surrounded by five Like all pelicans, to walk slowly rasping teeth the brown pelican along the seabed has a big beak with a large flap of skin or pouch to capture a variety of fish. Once they have spotted their prey, they Tiny teeth of a dive into the water, but are too basking shark bulky to dive too far below the surface. Only brown pelicans dive for their prey. When the pelican surfaces, water is drained from the pouch and the fish swallowed. To bite or not to bite Tentacle traps A tiger shark’s tooth is like a multipurpose tool with a The flowerlike Dahlia anemones are deadly traps for sharp point for piercing prey and a serrated bladelike unwary prawns and small fish that stray too close to edge for slicing. This shark can eat almost anything from Stinging their stinging tentacles. When the prey brushes past, hard-shelled turtles to soft-bodied seals and seabirds. tentacle hundreds of nematocysts (stinging cells) are triggered Tiger The rows of a basking shark’s tiny teeth are and fire their stings. These stings ensnare and shark’s not used at all, since this shark filters weaken the prey. The tentacles pass tooth food out of the water with a the stricken prey toward the sieve of gill rakers. mouth in the anemone’s centre—the entrance to the baglike stomach Any undiges