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Encrusted pumice
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Encrusted Pumice

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King Manuel of Portugal rides a sea creature
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Political Props

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Pumice is the air-filled rock ejected by volcanoes during eruptions. The naturally-occurring pumice originated elsewhere, but can be found scattered on the beaches and mangroves of Belize. Here it is perched upon some mangrove prop roots. 
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Pumice in Mangrove Roots

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Two whales attack a ship on a map
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Whales of the Carta Marina

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a part human, part horse, part fish on an early atlas
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Mythical Creatures on Maps

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Leftwich and her team have spent hours filming captive sea lions at Smithsonian’s National Zoo, trying to get clear video footage of the animals clapping so they can examine the way their flippers move from frame to frame. 
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Leftwich at the Zoo Observing Sea Lions

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A refugium tank at the St. Lucie County Aquarium. This tank acts as a safe space to grow corals before transferring them to a larger tank. You can see several staghorn coral colonies - it has a branching structure and the white tips indicate healthy, new g
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Tank at St. Lucie County Aquarium

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A three dimensional radar of Hurricane Patricia
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Three Dimensional Rain

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A cross-section of a nautilus shell is not only beautiful, it also is a great example of the chambered cephalopod shell. The projections splitting each chamber are the siphuncle tubes that allow gas and liquid to be transferred from chamber to chamber. 
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Chambered Shells

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Octopus, squid, cuttlefish, and nautilus all have differently shaped pupils— an octopus has a rectangular pupil.
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Octopus Eyes

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Three types of squid tentacles and their suckers
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A Squid's Suckers

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An octopus in the open ocean
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Octopus in the Open

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