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This slug caterpillar turns into a very plain brown moth with stinging spines.
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Slug Caterpillar

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Brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) nest in a mangrove in Ecuador’s Galapagos Islands.
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Pelican Nest in Mangroves

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Hardy head silversides (Atherinomorus lacunosus) are abundant fish in shallow water reef flat seagrass meadows throughout the Indo-Pacific.
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Seagrass and Shoal of Fish

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boats sweeping up the oil slick
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Sweeping up the Oil Slick

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A lobster like beat on an old map
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The Many Footed Beast

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Amy Baco-Taylor
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Amy Baco-Taylor, Deep-Sea Coral Scientist

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Terms of Use for Media on the Ocean Portal

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Great White Sharks breach to hunt -- with split-second timing they grab their prey in one swift snatch. Follow the whole breaching action in this slideshow.
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Great White Shark

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a translucent white jellyfish
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Jellies in the Baltimore Harbor

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a red snapper's ear stone in the palm of someone's hand
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The Bone that Logs a Lifetime

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