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Clusters of baby Dungeness Crab molted exoskeletons washed up for miles along the shores of Oceanside and Netarts Bay, Oregon.
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Puffer fish, Dallas World Aquarium, Texas
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The Giant River Otters at the Dallas World Aquarium are rarely out, and when they are, there’s such a crowd gathered around it’s difficult to move forward or even try to get past them to go onto the next exhibit. I was lucky to take this photo from the third floor.
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Survivor: sand crab with a transparent shell and two legs missing. Nag’s Head beach, Outer Banks, NC. This little crab measuring about 2 inches across had two legs missing but was still managing across the hills and valleys of footsteps in the sand. My guess is that a bird must have snatched it up then dropped it, retaining two of the legs for lunch. Shortly after this encounter it finally started digging a hole, offering much more protection than a footprint..
Feeding bread to about 50 turtles, Kitty Hawk, Outer Banks, NC
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