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This crab has a parasitic barnacle rooted in its reproductive system.
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Parasitic Barnacle on a Crab

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Encrusted pumice
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Encrusted Pumice

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Pumice is the air-filled rock ejected by volcanoes during eruptions. The naturally-occurring pumice originated elsewhere, but can be found scattered on the beaches and mangroves of Belize. Here it is perched upon some mangrove prop roots. 
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Pumice in Mangrove Roots

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Two whales attack a ship on a map
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Whales of the Carta Marina

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Pearly nacre of a nautilus shell
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Osmena Pearl

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A cross-section of a nautilus shell is not only beautiful, it also is a great example of the chambered cephalopod shell. The projections splitting each chamber are the siphuncle tubes that allow gas and liquid to be transferred from chamber to chamber. 
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Chambered Shells

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Octopus, squid, cuttlefish, and nautilus all have differently shaped pupils— an octopus has a rectangular pupil.
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Octopus Eyes

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Gulf Coast of Florida tidal flats exposed by an early morning low tide.
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Low Tide on the Gulf Coast

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oysters underwater
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An Oyster Reef

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A slipper lobster
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Slipper Lobster

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A Bryde's whale catches a meal
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Bryde's Whale

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A baleen plate with a drawing of a ship in paint
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Artful Baleen Plates

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