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A parrotfish creates a mucus cocoon to protect it from parasites while sleeping.
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Parrotfish in Mucus Cocoon

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the interior of an oyster shell with a pearl
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How Oysters Create the Ocean’s Gems

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The Charles W. Morgan tallship
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Charles W. Morgan

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A white scar on Phoenix’s lip (at right) was caused by her entanglement with a fishing line.
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Lip Scar Caused By Fishing Gear

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A zoomed in photograph of dyed animal cells.
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Meet Microsporidia, a Marine Microbe Related to Mushrooms

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Phoenix’s entanglement badly injured her right lip, leaving a distinctive scar from that ordeal.
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Beware of Fishing Gear

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A whale size comparison chart
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What is the Largest Whale? A Cetacea Size Comparison Chart.

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Relatively slow moving, juvenile plane-head filefish Monacanthus hispidus (Monacanthidae) travel along with the algae. They pick off and eat small animals as they move around in the rotating sargassum ball. Adult filefish only grow to be about 11
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A World Adrift: Life in the Sargassum

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“This shark was cruising low along the reef known as Alcyone. Her left eye was glancing up toward other hammerheads when I took this shot from below.” -- Nature's Best photographer, Alan Studley.Equipment Used to Capture the Shot: Nikon D300; Tokin
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Ocean Views from Nature's Best Photos

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A glowing ocean surface.
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Six Ways to See Ocean Ocean Bioluminescence

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Black men dredge for oysters in a boat
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The Bay of Opportunity and Hope

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Three fishermen sit on wooden stilts that are sticking out of the ocean as they fish.
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Fishing for Food Security: Small-Scale Fisheries Are Key

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