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The Okeanos crew comes across the tiny jellyfish (Aegina citrea) that devours the tissue of octocoral feeding polyps. 
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Jellies Prey on Octocoral

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Illustration from video showing Zack and Molly the octopod at a diner.
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The Adventures of Zack and Molly: Part 1

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two plesiosaurs hunt
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Plesiosaur on the Hunt

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The staghorn coral is listed as Threatened under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. It is one of 22 coral species listed.
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Staghorn Coral

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A translucent, female hyperiid surrounded by white young in a barrel-shaped body cavity.
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Phronima Female and Young

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Squalicorax shark fossil from the Smithsonian
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Squalicorax Shark Fossil

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Mangrove Salt Glands
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How Mangroves Deal with Saltwater

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Even when a lobster is still a developing egg, you can see some of its adult features: an eye and legs.
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Lobster Egg

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Gulf Marsh Animals Bounce Back But Monitoring Continues: One of the biggest questions is how Gulf animals will fare in the years after the spill, since oil spill impacts don't often happen immediately. One group of GoMRI researchers studied salt marsh anim
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Fiddler Crabs In a Gulf Marsh

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This male dancing fiddler crab (Uca terpsichores) has built a sand “hood” at the entrance to his burrow, which he hopes will attract females to his humble abode—as if that big beautiful claw of his weren't enough!
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The Dancing Fiddler Crab Shows Off

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Two nautiluses in the open ocean off the coast of Palau.
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A Couple of Nautiluses

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The Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve site in France was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1983. The site's vegetation is an outstanding example of scrubland. Seagulls, cormorants, and sea eagles can be found here, while the clear waters, with their islets and inaccessible caves, host a rich and diverse marine life.
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Gulf of Porto: Calanche of Piana, Gulf of Girolata, Scandola Reserve, France

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