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The acidic waters from the CO2 seeps can dissolve shells and also make it harder for shells to grow in the first place.
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Dissolving Shell

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A fringe of tentacles surrounds the bell of this jellyfish (Halicreas minimum).
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Midwater Jellyfish

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Giant eyes spot prey. Huge claws grab the prey, and a tiny mouth rips it to shreds.
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Phronima

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The Greenland glacier Jakobshavn Isbrae is massive, at around 40 miles long and more than a mile thick.
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Jakobshavn Glacier

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Colorful corals are disappearing in the Great Barrier Reef.
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Coral at the Great Barrier Reef

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In this photo, the jellyfish Pandea rubra may have been surprised by a camera light or in a defensive state, causing it to contract its red mantle and reveal its complex muscle anatomy.
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Red Paper Lantern Jellyfish

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Corolla moves through the water by flapping a wing plate nearly twice the size of its gelatinous shell, giving it the nickname “sea butterfly”.
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Sea Butterfly

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A fossil of the ancient shark Falcatus falcatus
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The Ancient Shark Falcatus falcatus

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Valentinni's sharpnose puffer lives on Indo-Pacific coral reefs, where it shoals in groups of 10-100 puffers and feeds on algae and tunicates.
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Valentinni's Sharpnose Puffer

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Pygmy Seahorse Blends Into its Environment
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Eye to Eye With a Pygmy Seahorse

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This fish is using counterillumination to disappear. At left it stands out against the light above it. At right, with bioluminescent structures lit, it blends in.
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Fish Using Counterillumination

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This urchin (Echinocrepis rostrata) leaves tracks as it moves across the ocean floor.
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Deep-Sea Urchin

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