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frilled shark
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The shark didn't long survive captivity (too warm, too shallow). Sidenote: They bear live young, typically 2-12 pups. I never knew that baby sharks were called pups. That's even cuter than 'fry.' http://...
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The world's only immortal animal
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(Photo: Peter Schuchert) The turritopsis nutricula species of jellyfish may be the only animal in the world to have truly discovered the fountain of youth. Since it is capable of cycling from a mature adult stage to an immature polyp stage and back again, there may be no natural limit to its life span....
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Under Water - Piglet Squid, Other Bizarre Species Found
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The mystery shark.....
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The Torpedo Ray....
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'Crabzilla': The biggest crab ever seen in Britain... and it's still growing
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With its enormous legs and lethal claws, this monster of the deep is already the biggest crab ever seen in Britain. But astonishingly, the arthropod - which measures a staggering 10ft from claw to claw - is still growing, and could live until it is 100. Nicknamed 'Crabzilla' after the fictional giant...
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Most amazing camouflage on a fish....
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Camouflage Fish - Watch more Funny Videos
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Pesty Plecos
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Any self-respecting freshwater aquarist (such as myself) knows of the plecostamus. Also known as the janitor fish, they make for great tank cleaners. But to folks in the Philippines they are a menace. The pleco was introduced to several river systems in the Philippines with the intent of having the...
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Strawberry Crab
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A new crab has been discovered off Taiwan's coast. This creature may be pink enough to be worthy of my daughters' adoration, it may look like a scratch-and-sniff toy, but look at that mug. Its carapace may be only an inch across, but it looks mean. I'd have a chip on my shoulder too. Tiny, pink crustacean...
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Face-Off With a Deadly Predator
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lion's mane jellyfish
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With a cap that is 200 cm across and tentacles that can reach more than three meters, the lion's mane jellyfish is among the largest jellies on the planet. Their eight bundles of upwards of 100 stinging tentacles each (which retain their sting even if broken off into fragments), also make this jelly a t...
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transparent sea cucumber
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This undated photo released by Census of Marine Life and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution shows a transparent sea cucumber, Enypniastes, creeping forward on its many tentacles at about 2 cm per minute while sweeping detritus-rich sediment into its mouth at 2,750 meters in the Northern Gu...
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Bizarre Gelatinous Fish Found in Brazil | Jellynose Fish
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This fish is a real charmer. He was discovered dead off the coast of Brazil. He's a deep-sea jellynose fish (Ateleopodidae). This fish has a scaleless, tapered body and is around six foot in length (I might describe my own body this way). Not much is known about them (as is the case with most deep-sea lif...
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Bobbit worm
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I don't even know where to begin with this worm. I guess I'll start with the tame stuff... It's a large predatory species, Eunice aphroditois, that can get as large as three meters long, though most specimens measure in at around one meter. It's actually one of the largest worms on the planet. They haun...
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Wolf Trap Anglerfish
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If you think that picture makes it hard to figure out what's going on with this creature, you're right. You'll find that all photos of it have the same problem. Sharing its name with an anti-terrorist unit led by Louis Gossett, Jr., the wolf-trap angler fish is also known as a wonderfish, which sounds m...
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granrojo jellyfish
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Little is known about the granrojo jellyfish (discovered in 2003). It's one of the largest jellies, coming in at 2-3 feet across (which isn't as monstrous as I was hoping), and they live at depths of 600 - 1500 meters. They're the only described member of their genus. Despite having no heart, brains, e...
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Rarely Seen Sharks
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Sharks Attack Submarine
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Barry the giant sea worm
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Aquarium staff have unearthed a 'giant sea' worm that was attacking coral reef and prize fish. The 4ft long monster, named Barry, had launched a sustained attack on the reef in a display tank at Newquay's Blue Reef Aquarium over recent months. Workers at the Cornwall-based attraction had been left s...
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Giant Isopod
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This Predator look-alike is a Giant Isopod (Bathynomus giganteus), a carnivorous crustacean that spends its time scavenging the deep ocean floor, up to 6,000ft down on the seabed where there is no light. In the pitch black and cold, they survive by feasting on dead and decaying fish and other marine...
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ORCAS COOPERATE TO HUNT A SEAL
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Invasion of the jumbo squid
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They're back. Time for the invasion of the Humboldt squid off the southern coast of California. These normally deep-sea dwelling cephalopods have come to the surface to...well, we don't know why. But they're causing quite a stir among even veteran scuba divers. Some are staying out of the water, so...
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Goonch catfish
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When being given a lead on a new ugly animal, you are rarely steered wrong by a zoo keeper. Such is the case here, where Gabriel Montague of the Children's Zoo, Zoo New England, clued me in to the river monster that is the Goonch catfish. This beast haunts the great Kali river between India and Nepal. If it...
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The Northern Snakehead fish wreaks havoc
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Birth of a Shark
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-- Edited by Jollyjo on Monday 13th of July 2009 12:10:43 PM -- Edited by Jollyjo on Monday 13th of July 2009 01:43:32 PM
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Beach Worm
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Weird "Walking" Frogfish
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It's a Frog Fish! And it doesn't just walk idly around, it stalks the sea floor LURING, and trying to catch things floating around: It walks! but doesn't talk (thankfully) - Sargasso frogfish, Histrio histrio They easily change color, incl...
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Amazingly Unique and Weird Lobsters
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Blind Furry Lobster Image Source Furry lobsters or sometimes called Coral Lobsters are small crustaceans whose body is covered in short hairs, hence the name Furry Lobster. The lobster on the above picture is a Blind Furry Lobster. Scyllarides squamosus Image Source Balmain Bug (Ibacus peroni...
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Giant Jellyfish Swarms Off The Coast Of Japan
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Just when you thought it was safe. Overfishing and human activities have led to jellyfish growth all over the world. And not just in population; this jellyfish, found off of the coast of Japan, is almost 5 feet across. Not only that, but scientists have found jellyfish weighing up to 440 pounds. Human...
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SCIENTIST DISCOVER See-Through Frogs, Alien Salamanders, and Spiny Bugs (JUNE 2009)
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A salamander that looks like E.T., a micosized frog smaller than a fingernail, and a spiny-crested grasshopper. Who says the age of exploration is dead? It's definitely not for Conservation International (CI). Their scientists have come back with some startlingly vivid images of endangered an...
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