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How well could you eat with a saw on your face? If you were a sawshark, you couldn’t eat without one! Sawsharks are named for their long snouts, which have sharp teeth protruding from either side. They attack their prey by slashing these “saws” from
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Sawshark

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This 1936 blue whale specimen from the Gulf of Alaska (above: preserved in alcohol, below: CT scan) is part of a rare Smithsonian collection of whale fetuses that were collected in association with commercial whaling operations in the early to mid-20th cen
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Blue Whale Specimen

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Paper Plate Fish Lesson

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Tiny bits and pieces of plastic can be found throughout the ocean, like these collected from the open ocean by net.
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The “Plastisphere:" A new marine ecosystem

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Why Do We Explore the Ocean?

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Collision Course

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Two Southern Resident killer whales.
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Southern Resident Killer Whales

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Hagfish Slime Thread
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Spin Hagfish Slime into Silk

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This close-up view of salps, which have aggregated together into a long chain, have brilliant red guts from eating red plankton.
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Close-up View of Salps

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an elephant seal with a tracker
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Citizens of the High Seas

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