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Charley Potter, Marine Mammals Collection Manager, holding a dolphin skull at the Museum Support Center. The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History houses a collection of hundreds of whale earwax plugs.
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Charley Potter

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A chiton displays its overlapping protective plates running down the back.
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Chiton on a Rock

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Male and female P. annecohenae, including several juvenile instars.
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Juvenile male and female P. annecohenae

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A painting of a shark attacking a man
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Watson and the Shark

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Ari Friedlaender, a research scientist at the Duke University Marine Lab, tags a blue whale.
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Tagging a Blue Whale

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A Caribbean hermit crab (Coenobita clypeatus) crawls on the forest floor.
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Caribbean Hermit Crab

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"Ocean sunfish" by Mark Harris
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Ocean Sunfish

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Chris Mah, Research Collaborator, Invertebrate Zoology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
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NMNH Research Collaborator Chris Mah

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Museum Specialist Ruth Gibbons, aboard a deep sea research vessel processing specimens
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Ruth Gibbons

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A table of hurricane categories
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Hurricane Categories Table

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