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Bright bubblegum coral sits on a brown, hard substrate.
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Optimism in the Deep Sea - Connecting Corals, Museums, and Ocean Managers

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an illustration of a sperm whale and a giant squid
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Clyde Roper: Squid Hunter - Architeuthis

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painting of squid pulling sailor underwater
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Clyde Roper On the Over-Sized Anatomy of the Giant Squid

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Photo collage of six species of invertebrates.
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Invertebrates from the Gulf of Mexico

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Venomous Box Jelly from South Carolina
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Venomous Box Jellyfish from South Carolina

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A screenshot of some of Smithsonian's marine story windows in Google Earth
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What Lives in the Gulf of Mexico? Exploring Marine Collections on Google Earth

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Find out how you get two Giant Squid the size of a school bus from a fishing boat in Spain to a museum Washington, DC.
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Giant Squid: One Species at a Time

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This new species of squid (Magnapinna sp.) was discovered in 1954 in the stomach of a lancetfish.
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Bigfin Squid Specimen

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A Smithsonian specimen helped identify a new family of deep sea squid with long spindly legs.
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Bigfin Squid

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White muscle surrounds the dark brown beak of a giant squid.
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Giant Squid Beak

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This male giant squid is on display at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.
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Male Giant Squid

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A female giant squid being prepared for display.
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Female Giant Squid

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