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This may look like a mane of hair, but it’s actually baleen from a North Atlantic right whale.
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Baleen Close Up

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A red deep-sea fish specimen.
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A Fish that Looks Like a Whale

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Photograph of a bright yellow fish.
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Tagged Atlantic Cod

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The grasses and animals living in marshes help to filter water and stabilize shorelines, along with providing habitat for a variety of mammals, fish, shellfish and amphibians and a haven for migratory waterfowl.
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Wetlands to the Horizon

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A life-size, meticulously detailed model of the North Atlantic right whale Phoenix hangs in the Smithsonian’s Sant Ocean Hall in the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC.
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Model of Phoenix

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An early scale model of North Atlantic right whale Phoenix that was used to develop a life size model for the Smithsonian shows the location of scars on her mouth from entanglements with fishing gear.
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Phoenix: Mouth Scarring

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A white scar on Phoenix’s lip (at right) was caused by her entanglement with a fishing line.
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Lip Scar Caused By Fishing Gear

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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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An image of a squid radula from a scanning electron micrograph.
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Close-up of Giant Squid’s Radula

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A giant squid dissection
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Dissecting a Giant Squid

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Photo taken of the inside of a sperm whale's mouth. The teeth on the lower jaw fit into sockets above- perfect for eating squid.
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Inside a Sperm Whale's Mouth

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In this painting, a giant squid engages in a struggle for survival with a sperm whale.
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Giant Squid vs. Sperm Whale

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