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(Left) Quahog (Mercenaria); (right) soft-shell clam (Mya) Giant clams (Tridacna gigas) in the waters off Rose Atoll.
View disco clams (Ctenoides ales) displaying their flashes of lights
diagram of rigid skeletons worked by muscles
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(Left) Quahog (Mercenaria); (right) soft-shell clam (Mya)
clam summary
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
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Lion (panthera leo)
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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
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vulture. An adult bearded vulture at a raptor recovery center. The Gypaetus barbatus also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, is a bird of prey and considered an Old World vulture.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addresses marchers during his "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. August 28th 1963
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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.
10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci
The tomb of Saint Nicholas in the crypt of the Basilica di San Nicola, Bari, Apulia, Italy
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bat flying
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Chinese dragon sculpture or statue.
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Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.
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View disco clams (Ctenoides ales) displaying their flashes of lights
So-called disco clams (Ctenoides ales) putting on a show with reflected...
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(Left) Quahog (Mercenaria); (right) soft-shell clam (Mya)
Russ Kinne/Photo Researchers
Giant clams (Tridacna gigas) in the waters off Rose Atoll.
Jean Kenyon—Coral Reef Ecosystem Division/Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center/NOAA
diagram of rigid skeletons worked by muscles
Figure 4: Rigid skeletons worked by muscles.
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