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1. I am not a fish but I live in the sea. In pictures, I am usually shown as being shaped like a wheel and having five arms, but I can have many more arms than five. If I lose an arm, I can usually grow another one.
2. I am not a fish. I am an insect. I was named because of my fish-like shape and metallic colouring. I am an unwelcome pest in many houses because I damage things like books and wallpaper.
3. I am a fish. I originally came from East Asia and am considered a symbol of good luck in China. I am a common household pet and I usually live in a bowl, an aquarium, or a pond.
4. I am not a fish. I live in fresh and salt water and belong to a group of animals known as crustaceans. I have ten legs and my two front legs are large claws. I am covered in a hard shell called an exoskeleton.
5. I am not a fish but I live in the sea. My nearest relatives are the squid and the octopus and, like them, I can squirt "ink" at anything that threatens me. I have eight arms and two long tentacles that I use grab my food.
6. I am not a fish. I am a mammal, just like cats, dogs and humans. I breathe through a blowhole on the top of my head. There are stories about me swallowing a man who lived in my belly but this is not true. I might have a big mouth but my throat is too small to swallow a human being.
7. I am not a fish. I live in oceans all over the world and am one of the oldest forms of life. Although I never attack humans, sometimes they get stung when they accidentally come into contact with my tentacles.
8. I am a fish. I belong to a group of fish that includes the largest fish in the world. People are afraid of me because of scary movies but I rarely attack humans. However, sometimes I confuse humans for animals that I like to eat, such as seals.
9. I am a fish, although I don't look like one. I was named after another animal because of my head shape. If I am a male, I look after the babies in my pouch and give birth to them.
10. I am a fish. Although I look a little like a cross between a seahorse and a leaf, I am named after a different animal. I am very special as I am only found in the water around the bottom of Australia.
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