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![Great White Sharks breach to hunt -- with split-second timing they grab their prey in one swift snatch. Follow the whole breaching action in this slideshow.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/Morne-Hardenberg_Breaching_2-FULL_0.jpg.webp?itok=xN0zlAOs)
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Great White Shark
Sharks are much older than dinosaurs. Their ancestry dates back more than 400......![Small red hyperiid.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/LanceolaD410T-006.jpeg.webp?itok=LpT9zxlE)
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The Hyper Eyes of Hyperiids: How Some Shrimp-Like Creatures See Light in the Deep Sea
Hyperiid amphipods are small crustaceans related to sand fleas and distantly......![Three hyperiids, each with two large eyes and red body showing through their translucent bodies.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/ThemistoD410T-002.jpeg.webp?itok=cC09QVoy)
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Themisto
These Themisto hyperiids live in the top 200 meters of cold waters around the......![A side-view of a translucent phronima with a large red eye.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/PhronimaD416T-018.jpeg.webp?itok=iXUBLYPx)
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Phronima Alien
This is another view of Phronima from the side. The eyes take up most of the head,......![A translucent, female hyperiid surrounded by white young in a barrel-shaped body cavity.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/D330TPhronima-crop004.jpeg.webp?itok=kXoU3zJJ)
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Phronima Female and Young
This female hyperiid (Phronima sedentaria) is surrounded by her young, residing in......![Two small, translucent hyperiids with very large eyes.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/ParaphronimaDual.jpeg.webp?itok=xOVtpHcw)
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Paraphromina
This much smaller hyperiid (in the genus Paraphromina) has eyes that make up......![A side-view of translucent hyperiid with a black background.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/D330TCystosoma-017.jpeg.webp?itok=uP94Xgft)
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Cystisoma
This hyperiid (in the genus Cystisoma) has only one pair of eyes—but they are......![A red Scypholanceola aestiva stares at the screen with large orange eyes.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/scypholina_front.png.webp?itok=RMUkofVf)
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Scypholanceola aestiva
Scypholanceola aestiva looks like an armored alien of the deep. It doesn’t have......![Image of deep-sea crustacean with black background.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/VibiliaD410ss2-008.jpeg.webp?itok=6sduSsaf)
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Vibilia
This hyperiid is one of twenty-four species in the genus Vibilia, distinguished by......![Small red hyperiid.](/sites/default/files/styles/3_2_small/public/2023-11/LanceolaD410T-006.jpeg.webp?itok=LpT9zxlE)
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