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World map during last ice age
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Ice Age Map of the World

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Hastigerinella digitata's many spines support sticky, hair-like “fishing lines” made from cytoplasm (the living part of a cell – mostly fluid, salts and proteins) that entangle prey.
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Tiny, but Deadly

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These shrimp-like crustaceans called Gnathophausia are incredibly hardy and only need to eat every few months.
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Intense Fasting

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Three hyperiids, each with two large eyes and red body showing through their translucent bodies.
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Themisto

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Small red hyperiid.
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Lanceola

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Hundreds of birds congregate around the trawl fishing vessel. The orange "bird scaring lines" keep the birds from flying into the trawl cables where they can accidentally get caught and die.
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Bird scaring lines

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This scientific illustration of a giant squid shows off its two long tentacle and its 8 shorter arms.
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Deep-sea Giant Squid

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A snailfish, with brown and white stripes.
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A Snailfish Swimming in the Baltic Sea

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A tongue-like organ called the radula rams food down the giant squid's throat.
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Giant Squid Beak and Radula

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The tough serrated ring around the opening grips the squid’s prey.
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Giant Squid Sucker

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Life of a Coral Reef Fish

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Two nurse sharks hover over a baited cage
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Light at the Bottom of the Deep Dark Ocean

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