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The Borer of Holes
These clams (Pholas dactylus) are dazzling to see. From their encased homes,...
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Political Props
Long before they disappeared from maps, sea monsters were repurposed for politics....
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A Mermaid's Vanity
A siren admires herself in a mirror—a sign of her vanity—amongst ships in the...
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The Many Footed Beast
Polypus (meaning “many-footed”) was used to describe many animals, from the...
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Whales of the Carta Marina
Two whales attack a ship as sailors try to scare them away by tossing barrels and...
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Sea Swine
This sea pig, which was compared to heretics that distorted truth and lived like...
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Mythical Creatures on Maps
An ichthyocentaur (parts human, horse and fish) plays a viol on a map of...
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Sea Monsters of an Early Atlas
Jonah is cast overboard to a sea monster in an image from the earliest known atlas,...
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The Loco of Chile
The loco (Concholepas concholepas, often called the Chilean abalone, although it...
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Spaceship Mollusk
No, this is not an alien spaceship from another world—it is a baby file clam...
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A Snail's Rainbow Radula
This abstract image is a close-up of the tiny teeth that cover the radula of a...
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