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An abandoned fishing net carrying 17 dead sea turtles was discovered off the coast of Bahia, Brazil days after a storm.
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Turtles Caught in Abandoned Net

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About a 300 foot long gill net found abandoned on a shallow reef in the surf zone on Oahu, Hawaii. The net had trapped parrotfish, wrasses, goatfish, surgeonfish, coral crabs, spiny lobsters, slipper lobsters and other fish that had decayed beyond identifi
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Discarded Gillnet Traps Fish

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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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A crab with blue coloration
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Toxic!

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A crab sits on a coral with a sponge covering its head
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A Sponge Crab's Updo

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Diagram showing gills on a crab absorbing nutrients
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Crab Gills Absorb Nutrients

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A crab with numerous
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Decorator Crab

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A Pholas dactylus clam illustration.
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The Borer of Holes

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A shimmering bobtail squid.
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Bobtail Squid Shimmers

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An unidentified earplug from the National Museum of Natural History collection.
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Whale Earwax

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Brian Skerry sits on a 20 foot high underwater tripod to photograph the Aquarius Habitat off Florida.
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Photographing the Underwater Aquarius Habitat

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