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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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This Old Tubeworm

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Realms of the Arctic Ocean: pelagic, benthic and sea ice

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a scan of a louse
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Walrus Lice

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Spotted Catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula)
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The Cat-Like Eyes of a Catshark

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An underwater blizzard of oil, marine microbes, "sea snot", and algae.
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A Dirty Blizzard In the Gulf of Mexico

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Fossils of teeth from Giant Megatooth Shark
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Megalodon Teeth

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Scientists discovered this 1.5-m (5-ft) tall yellow bamboo coral in 2007 off the coast of Hawaii in 1,459 m (4,787 ft) of water.
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New Bamboo Coral Discovery

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This 1936 blue whale specimen from the Gulf of Alaska (above: preserved in alcohol, below: CT scan) is part of a rare Smithsonian collection of whale fetuses that were collected in association with commercial whaling operations in the early to mid-20th cen
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Blue Whale Specimen

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How well could you eat with a saw on your face? If you were a sawshark, you couldn’t eat without one! Sawsharks are named for their long snouts, which have sharp teeth protruding from either side. They attack their prey by slashing these “saws” from
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Sawshark

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Two Southern Resident killer whales.
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Southern Resident Killer Whales

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