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In 2009, A Giant Whale Carcass Was Found On The Pacific Seabed – And Scientists Watched What Happened To It Over 15 YearsA large macrourid fish takes the center stage, possibly nibbling at small invertebrates colonizing the bones. Tube worms are visible in the left colonizing the left jawbone. Those same tubeworms were first seen in 2009 when this whale fall was discovered and indicate the multi-decade persistence of the sulphophilic stage.

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In 2009, A Giant Whale Carcass Was Found On The Pacific Seabed – And Scientists Watched What Happened To It Over 15 YearsA large macrourid fish takes the center stage, possibly nibbling at small invertebrates colonizing the bones. Tube worms are visible in the left colonizing the left jawbone. Those same tubeworms were first seen in 2009 when this whale fall was discovered and indicate the multi-decade persistence of the sulphophilic stage.
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In 2009, A Giant Whale Carcass Was Found On The Pacific Seabed – And Scientists Watched What Happened To It Over 15 Years

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Googly-Eyed Buoy Not Scary Enough To Deter Determined Seabirds From Fishing Net FeastA bright yellow bouy floating in the water with googly eyes on top next to a wooden pole with a cormorant sat on it.

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Googly-Eyed Buoy Not Scary Enough To Deter Determined Seabirds From Fishing Net FeastA bright yellow bouy floating in the water with googly eyes on top next to a wooden pole with a cormorant sat on it.
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Googly-Eyed Buoy Not Scary Enough To Deter Determined Seabirds From Fishing Net Feast

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Why Do Some Zoos Smell Like Someone’s Smoking Weed? Just Ask The "Skunk Wolf"a maned wolf has long black legs, shaggy orange fur, and pointy black ears

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Why Do Some Zoos Smell Like Someone’s Smoking Weed? Just Ask The "Skunk Wolf"a maned wolf has long black legs, shaggy orange fur, and pointy black ears
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Why Do Some Zoos Smell Like Someone’s Smoking Weed? Just Ask The "Skunk Wolf"

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“Unprecedented” Long-Distance Swims Documented In Type D Killer Whales, One Of The World’s Most Mysterious Predatorsa killer whale breaches in a wave

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“Unprecedented” Long-Distance Swims Documented In Type D Killer Whales, One Of The World’s Most Mysterious Predatorsa killer whale breaches in a wave
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“Unprecedented” Long-Distance Swims Documented In Type D Killer Whales, One Of The World’s Most Mysterious Predators

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Lengui The One-Handed Gorilla Has Come Back From The Brink Of Death Twice. Now, She’s Defied The Odds Again By Giving Birth In The WildOne-handed western lowland gorilla cradling a newborn.

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Lengui The One-Handed Gorilla Has Come Back From The Brink Of Death Twice. Now, She’s Defied The Odds Again By Giving Birth In The WildOne-handed western lowland gorilla cradling a newborn.
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Lengui The One-Handed Gorilla Has Come Back From The Brink Of Death Twice. Now, She’s Defied The Odds Again By Giving Birth In The Wild

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Extremely Rare C-Section On Critically Endangered Gorilla Successfully Delivers A Healthy Baby Boytwo doctors in PPE hold newborn gorilla baby

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Extremely Rare C-Section On Critically Endangered Gorilla Successfully Delivers A Healthy Baby Boytwo doctors in PPE hold newborn gorilla baby
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Extremely Rare C-Section On Critically Endangered Gorilla Successfully Delivers A Healthy Baby Boy

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Forget Crossing Oceans Or Traveling Pole To Pole – The World's Shortest Bird Migration Is A Measly 300 MetersA male grouse with impressive feathers and a red throat, on the slope of a hill.

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Forget Crossing Oceans Or Traveling Pole To Pole – The World's Shortest Bird Migration Is A Measly 300 MetersA male grouse with impressive feathers and a red throat, on the slope of a hill.
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Forget Crossing Oceans Or Traveling Pole To Pole – The World's Shortest Bird Migration Is A Measly 300 Meters

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The Tentacled Snake Exhibits One Of The Most Specialized Fish-Hunting Strategies Among Snakes, And It’s Seriously Coolunderside of snakes head as it goes against glass, you can see its two tentacles near the nose

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The Tentacled Snake Exhibits One Of The Most Specialized Fish-Hunting Strategies Among Snakes, And It’s Seriously Coolunderside of snakes head as it goes against glass, you can see its two tentacles near the nose
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The Tentacled Snake Exhibits One Of The Most Specialized Fish-Hunting Strategies Among Snakes, And It’s Seriously Cool

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Harvestmen Chowing Down On Frog Supper Reveal The Leggy Arachnids May Be Hunters As Well As Scavengerstwo image showing various instances of harvestmen and spiders eating frogs while on leaves

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Harvestmen Chowing Down On Frog Supper Reveal The Leggy Arachnids May Be Hunters As Well As Scavengerstwo image showing various instances of harvestmen and spiders eating frogs while on leaves
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Harvestmen Chowing Down On Frog Supper Reveal The Leggy Arachnids May Be Hunters As Well As Scavengers

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“Sploot Season” Has Arrived. Here's Why So Many Animals Do It, And Perhaps We Should Consider Itan orange cat lays with all its limbs sprawled on a cool tile pavement

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“Sploot Season” Has Arrived. Here's Why So Many Animals Do It, And Perhaps We Should Consider Itan orange cat lays with all its limbs sprawled on a cool tile pavement
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“Sploot Season” Has Arrived. Here's Why So Many Animals Do It, And Perhaps We Should Consider It

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The World’s Last True Wild Horse Species Just Welcomed An Adorable New Foal In Major Conservation WinPrzewalski's horse foal standing in a forested area at the Bronx Zoo

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The World’s Last True Wild Horse Species Just Welcomed An Adorable New Foal In Major Conservation WinPrzewalski's horse foal standing in a forested area at the Bronx Zoo
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The World’s Last True Wild Horse Species Just Welcomed An Adorable New Foal In Major Conservation Win

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The Longest Land Animal Migration Is A 1,200-Kilometer Round-Trip Through North AmericaCaribou foraging for lichens in the snow by Kyle Joly NPS

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The Longest Land Animal Migration Is A 1,200-Kilometer Round-Trip Through North AmericaCaribou foraging for lichens in the snow by Kyle Joly NPS
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The Longest Land Animal Migration Is A 1,200-Kilometer Round-Trip Through North America

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Beautiful New Sea Slug Smaller Than A Grain Of Rice And Covered In Sesame Seed-Like Spots DiscoveredA feathery looking sea slug with a translucent white body with lots of black spots and small number of larger yellow spots.

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Beautiful New Sea Slug Smaller Than A Grain Of Rice And Covered In Sesame Seed-Like Spots DiscoveredA feathery looking sea slug with a translucent white body with lots of black spots and small number of larger yellow spots.
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Beautiful New Sea Slug Smaller Than A Grain Of Rice And Covered In Sesame Seed-Like Spots Discovered

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"I Wanted To See The Specimen!": Tiny, Golf Ball-Sized Blue Octopus Species Discovered In Galápagos IslandsA tiny blue octopus with huge black eyes on the sandy sea floor.

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"I Wanted To See The Specimen!": Tiny, Golf Ball-Sized Blue Octopus Species Discovered In Galápagos IslandsA tiny blue octopus with huge black eyes on the sandy sea floor.
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"I Wanted To See The Specimen!": Tiny, Golf Ball-Sized Blue Octopus Species Discovered In Galápagos Islands

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Humpback Whales Seen Showing Empathy By Supporting Companion Tangled In Fishing LinesA companion whale extends a comforting fin towards a humpback near death after getting tangled in fishing lines

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Humpback Whales Seen Showing Empathy By Supporting Companion Tangled In Fishing LinesA companion whale extends a comforting fin towards a humpback near death after getting tangled in fishing lines
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Humpback Whales Seen Showing Empathy By Supporting Companion Tangled In Fishing Lines

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