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A giant squid dissection
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Dissecting a Giant Squid

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Powerful suckers stud the club at the end of the giant squid’s long feeding tentacle.
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Giant Squid Feeding Tentacle

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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

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Compare the healthy coral on the left with the bleached coral on the right.
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Bleached Corals, Pacific Ocean

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Ghost crabs are often seen scuttling quickly along beaches, and can be difficult to photograph in the wild. They are common in Moorea where this specimen was collected.
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Ghost Crab Close Up

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A screenshot of some of Smithsonian's marine story windows in Google Earth
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Smithsonian Marine Collections on Google Earth

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A thresher shark was killed after becoming stuck in a gillnet.
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Thresher Shark Killed by a Gillnet

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This 1890 painting of Charles Darwin is on display at the Turin Museum of Human Anatomy.
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Charles Darwin

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Jaw of the goblin shark
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The Goblin Shark

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Syllid fireworms can be found mainly on the seafloor, but they switch to a planktonic form to reproduce, where the females use bioluminescent signals.
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Syllid Fireworms

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A side-view of translucent hyperiid with a black background.
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Cystisoma

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Orangutan crabs are covered in thin reddish hairs, and are frequently found living in bubble coral.
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Orangutan Crabs from Komodo Island

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