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A Chevrolet Mako Corvette
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These Sleek, Sexy Cars Were All Inspired by Fish

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Blackbeard may have been the most notorious pirate of all. Fierce and ferocious-looking, he stood 6’4” tall and had wild eyes and an explosive temper. To add to the effect, he tucked slow-burning cannon fuses under his hat.
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Portrait of Blackbeard

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With the sun in its beak, the canoe’s raven figurehead points the way.
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Canoe Figurehead

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Fish spears and traps placed in rivers are traditional ways of catching salmon.
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Catching Salmon

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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What is a Coral Reef? Middle School

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Jacqueline Peta of Sealaska’s board of directors participates in the tree-cutting ceremony.
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Cutting Down the Tree

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a red and white fish illustration
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Kako Morita: Bridging Art and Science Through Natural History Illustrations

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A teacher and a young boy paint a fish mold to create a Gyotaku style print
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Gyotaku Fish Prints

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A point made of Ramah Chert that belonged to the early Eskimo group known as the Groswater Dorset Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center
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Early Eskimo Point

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The siphonophores are an order of marine animals in the phylum Cnidaria (the same phylum containing jellyfish). 
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Prints from Ernst Haeckel

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As soon as Dampier set foot in Australia, he began making observations and collecting specimens of plants, which he carefully pressed between the pages of books to be studied by the “ingenious” and “curious” upon his return to England. As Dampier conducted his investigations, his artist made detailed sketches like these.
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Discoveries in Australia and New Guinea

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A walrus sits on top of ice.
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The Cultural Icescapes of the Arctic

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