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The video series "It's Okay To Be Smart" takes a look at the world of single-use plastic and its impact on the ocean.
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How Much Plastic is in the Ocean?

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The 1903 blue whale in the Natural History Museum
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A Century of Whales at the Smithsonian

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School of blue rockfish in a kelp bed.
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Stinkin' Seaweed Makes Tasty Food for Coastal Animals

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Japanese scientists videotaped this female giant squid, alive, at the water's surface
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Giant Squid

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A variety of corals pictured underwater.
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New Research in Coral Shines a Light on the Evolution of Bioluminescence

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In this photo, the jellyfish Pandea rubra may have been surprised by a camera light or in a defensive state, causing it to contract its red mantle and reveal its complex muscle anatomy.
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Red Paper Lantern Jellyfish

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Corolla moves through the water by flapping a wing plate nearly twice the size of its gelatinous shell, giving it the nickname “sea butterfly”.
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Sea Butterfly

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A fossil of the ancient shark Falcatus falcatus
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The Ancient Shark Falcatus falcatus

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Valentinni's sharpnose puffer lives on Indo-Pacific coral reefs, where it shoals in groups of 10-100 puffers and feeds on algae and tunicates.
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Valentinni's Sharpnose Puffer

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The fringed baleen plates are easy to observe as this North Atlantic right whale skims the water’s surface while it feeds.
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Baleen in Action

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Big Red Deep Sea Jellyfish
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Big Red Jellyfish

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This fish is using counterillumination to disappear. At left it stands out against the light above it. At right, with bioluminescent structures lit, it blends in.
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Fish Using Counterillumination

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