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A thresher shark uses its unusual tail fin for swimming and hunting.
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The Thrashing Thresher Shark

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A bloom of moon jellies.
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A Bloom of Moon Jellies

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The excavation site of an Inuit home in Hare Harbor, Quebec, Canada
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Excavation of an Inuit House

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A photo of a squid using bioluminescence to hide in the deep sea.
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Midwater Squid, Abralia veranyi

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 Scientist Martha Nizinski holds a specimen of a fan sponge (Phakellia sp.) collected at a deep-sea coral study site off the coast of South Carolina.    
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Fan Sponge

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Coral scientist Dr. Amy Baco-Taylor observed corals like these on her first submarine dive to a deep-sea coral bed off the coast of Hawaii.
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Deep-Sea Coral Community

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A young visitor holds up his painted fish Gyotaku fish print at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
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Gyotaku Fish Print

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A teacher and a young boy paint a fish mold to create a Gyotaku style print
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Gyotaku Fish Prints

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Ancient sea cow vertebra found in the Gatun Formation in Central America, Panama
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Ancient Sea Cow Vertebra

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paleobiology field equipment for excavating a fossil whale in central america
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Equipment for a Fossil Excavation

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This bait ball shows how small fish can react when larger predators are near, gathering tightly together in a ball-like formation that exposes the least number of fish.
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Bait Ball

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A Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) poses in the waters off Acadia National Park in Maine. 
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Grey Seal Strikes a Pose

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