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King Manuel of Portugal rides a sea creature
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Political Props

 Long before they disappeared from maps, sea monsters were repurposed for politics....
a mermaid illustration on an old map
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A Mermaid's Vanity

 A siren admires herself in a mirror—a sign of her vanity—amongst ships in the...
A lobster like beat on an old map
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The Many Footed Beast

 Polypus (meaning “many-footed”) was used to describe many animals, from the...
A sea pig illustration on an old map
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Sea Swine

 This sea pig, which was compared to heretics that distorted truth and lived like...
A species of sea cucumber from the Arctic discovered by Census of Marine Life researchers.
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Arctic Sea Cucumber

 This species of deep-water sea cucumber (Elpidia belyaevi) was discovered by Census...