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During what is known as the Golden Age of Piracy, pirates reaped great rewards—and, if they were caught, faced terrible punishments. Here are some of the most legendary pirates of that time.
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Pirates of the Golden Age

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Paleobiologist Mark D. Uhen drills away rock to reveal the fossilized bones of Peruvian archaeocetes (ancient whales), in the Vertebrate Paleontology Department at the Museo de Historia Natural de San Marcos. Uhen is a professor at George Mason Univer
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Preparing a Fossil Whale Specimen

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two predatory fish attack birds
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Xiphactinus

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among the roots in a mangrove forest
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Florida Mangroves

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A humpback whale feeds off the coast
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Humpback Whale

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a crocheted microbe
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Dinoflagellate Activity

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A brown and white dragon moray eel with its mouth open.
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Dragon Moray Eel

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A team works to disentangle a right whale.
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Entangled Right Whale

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A translucent pteropod swims freely in the open ocean with a black background.
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Shelled Pteropod

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A bengal tiger on the shores of a mangrove forest
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Tiger of the Forest

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A Cuttlefish with its arms splayed
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Little Cuttlefish, Big Attitude

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