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A red and yellow gyotaku-style fish print of a flounder
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Educational Uses of Gyotaku or Fish Printing

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A Cirraturlid worm swims in the open ocean.
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Why I Love Polychaetes

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Haeckel discovered a species of rhizostome jellyfish in Bellagemma, Ceylon, in December 1881. Its form so impressed him that he used it as a model for ceiling decorations in his Villa Medusa home in Jena.
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Rhizostome Jellyfish

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Sand dollars (like those pictured in this set of illustrations) are flattened, burrowing sea urchins. Dead, sunlight-bleached specimens resemble silver coins, hence their common name. These figures portray a sand dollar’s lifecycle from larva to adult.
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Sea Urchins

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A bright red sea anemone clings to rocks underwater.
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Blue on the Big Screen

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Jellyfish illustrations from Ernst Haeckel.
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Semaeostome Jellyfish

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An underwater photo of a school of jacks and a scuba diver
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Ocean Views Award Winners, 2011

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a Māori woman in a navy blue fleece holds the skull of a beaked whale
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Tohunga Tohorā’s Intuition Reveals New Whale Species

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A Bryde's whale catches a meal
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The Case of the Mystery Whale

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stony corals among sea fans
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Ancient Reefs Reveal Glimpse at Future Oceans

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Rough periwinkles sit on a bed of barnacles.
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A Seashore Walk

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“Upon returning from the reef after a night dive, I swam toward a bright reflection and came eye-to-eye with this beautiful, curious squid.” -- Nature's Best photographer Charles Viggers.Equipment Used to Capture the Shot: Nikon D700; 105mm ƒ/2.8 lens
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Stunning Squid Pictures

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