Ocean animal toys from Schleich are realistic figurines that will bring your child’s imaginative play to life. Schleich miniatures are designed especially for kids’ hands and developed with the assistance of parents, teachers and children. Schleich figurines are wonderfully realistic and naturalistic with intricate design and impressive craftsmanship. They open up the world of nature to children – from domestic farm animals to wild jungle animals.

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Sharks for Kids

This White Shark figurine is from the Schleich wildlife collection. The white shark’s zoological name is Charcharodon carcharias and it is physically recognized by its white underbelly and gray backside. This camouflage gives the shark an advantage when hunting. It loves to eat fish, seals, octopus, and sea turtles and can taste blood from seven football fields away. When catching prey, these sharks are precise and grab their meal with fifty triangle-shaped teeth. In a single bite, these sharks can swallow thirty one pounds of food. The great white is a deep-sea predator which can grow to be twenty-seven feet long and weigh over two tons. As the biggest hunting shark, it is also among the fastest fish in the sea reaching speeds of twenty miles per hour with its perfectly streamlined body. White sharks have been known to travel over forty miles in one day and live to be over forty years old.

 

This Whale Shark figurine is from the Schleich wildlife collection. Its zoological name is Rhincodon typus and it has a speckled backside and solid belly. The whale shark’s body can be as long as forty feet and weigh as much as twenty-two tons making it the largest living fish. Their mouths are five feet wide and they have hundreds of rows of teeth. Even with these huge mouths, whale sharks are filter feeders and eat microscopic organisms in the water called plankton. Whale sharks live in tropical waters and their lifespan can be half a century or more!

 

Whales for Kids

This Killer Whale figurine is from the Schleich wildlife collection. Its zoological name is Orcinus orca and it is the largest member of the dolphin family. At birth, calves emerge tinted yellow or orange, but with age, their skin turns to their well-known black and white markings. As adults, killer whales’ body length measures twenty feet or so, and they weigh about four tons. Males and females can be distinguished from each other by the size and shape of their dorsal fin. The male’s dorsal fin is over five feet tall and triangular while at half the size, the female’s dorsal fin is curved. Both male and female killer whales can live fifty years or more. They are adaptable and social, and can be spotted in almost any ocean, swimming with others. What they eat depends on where they are swimming. Many killer whales enjoy seals, walruses, sea lions, and even other whales.
 

This Killer Whale Calf figurine is from the Schleich wildlife collection. Its zoological name is Orcinus orca and it is the largest member of the dolphin family. At birth, calves emerge tinted yellow or orange, but with age, their skin turns to their well-known black and white markings. As adults, killer whales’ body length measures twenty feet or so, and they weigh about four tons. Males and females can be distinguished from each other by the size and shape of their dorsal fin. The male’s dorsal fin is over five feet tall and triangular while at half the size, the female’s dorsal fin is curved. Both male and female killer whales can live fifty years or more. They are adaptable and social, and can be spotted in almost any ocean, swimming with others. What they eat depends on where they are swimming. Many killer whales enjoy seals, walruses, sea lions, and even other whales.

 

This Gray Whale figurine is from the Schleich wildlife collection. The gray whale’s zoological name is Eschrichtius robustus and it is slate gray with white patches. At fifty-two feet and thirty-six tons, gray whales are enormous sea-dwelling mammals. Gray whales can live longer than 50 years and they spend their time eating and breeding. Gray whales feed on crustaceans and other organisms living on the ocean floor. Before winter, gray whales begin a six thousand mile migration to Baja California where they mate. They return home at a pace of eighty miles per day, the longest annual migration of any mammal. On their way, whales communicate to each other through loud whale song. They breathe through their blowholes on the top of their head and unlike most mammals, gray whales must breathe consciously.