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This may look like a mane of hair, but it’s actually baleen from a North Atlantic right whale.
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Baleen Close Up

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A map of NOAA's 13 marine protected areas
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National Marine Sanctuaries Map

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Map of the Coastal Ecosystem Learning Centers throughout North America
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Coastal Ecosystem Learning Centers

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A red deep-sea fish specimen.
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A Fish that Looks Like a Whale

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Vertebrates evolved in the sea and eventually moved onto land. The ancestors of whales later returned to the sea.
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Whales Returned to the Sea

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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 right whale opens wide, revealing huge plates of baleen hanging from its upper jaw.
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Right Whale Baleen

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Elders bless a new canoe with lighted sage, song, and traditional dances.
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Blessing a New Canoe

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A life-size, meticulously detailed model of the North Atlantic right whale Phoenix hangs in the Smithsonian’s Sant Ocean Hall in the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC.
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Model of Phoenix

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

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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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Whalers hunted right whales for baleen, which was used in a variety of commercial products such as umbrellas and whips.
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Ad for Whale Baleen Umbrellas

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