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A fox explores a tide pool.
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Fox at the Tide Pools

The ocean sustains land animals besides humans. Here, a fox looks for a meal at low...
Twin-spot snappers are curious top predators on Pacific coral reefs, eating a variety of fishes, shrimps, crabs, and snails among others, and are usually around 2.5 feet long.
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Curious Bohar

The twin-spot snapper (Lutjanus bohar) is one of the more curious predators in the...
Once common in the West Indies, the Black Capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata), which breeds in high Caribbean mountains, is now on the endangered species list.
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Black-Capped Petrel

Once common in the West Indies, the Black Capped Petrel (Pterodroma hasitata),...
A couple inches wide and up to ten feet long, the bobbit worm stays hidden under tropical sands with just its five antennae poking out—waiting for prey to swim by.
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The Bobbit Worm

There aren't any mummies or zombies buried under the seafloor: instead the ocean...
In this painting, a giant squid engages in a struggle for survival with a sperm whale.
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Giant Squid vs. Sperm Whale

A giant squid engages in a struggle for survival with a sperm whale. Giant squid...
The tough serrated ring around the opening grips the squid’s prey.
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Giant Squid Sucker

This close-up photo shows the tough, serrated ring around the opening of a giant...
Circular scars from a giant squid sucker on sperm whale skin.
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Giant Squid Sucker Marks

Many sperm whales stranded on beaches or caught by whalers exhibit telltale...
Giant squid have eight arms but use their two long feeding tentacles to seize prey.
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Giant Squid Anatomy

Like octopods and cuttlefishes, giant squid have eight arms. But they use their two...
A great white shark gaping its jaws at the surface of the water; gaping is used as a form of communication in sharks
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Gaping Jaws of a Great White Shark

A great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) emerges from the water's surface,...
Photograph of a translucent red-orange comb jelly against a black sea.
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Red Mid-Water Comb Jelly

Like this ctenophore (Aulococtena acuminata), many animals that live in the...
This jelly’s red color provides camouflage in the ocean depths.
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Unidentified Comb Jelly

This jelly’s red color provides camouflage in the deep ocean. Red light rarely...
Great White Shark at sea surface – marvels of evolution.
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Great White Shark at Surface

Great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) are marvels of evolution, with...

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