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Photograph by Phillip Colla, SeaPics.com

An electric ray, also called a Pacific torpedo, prowls a kelp forest off the western coast of North America. These large flattened rays often lie partially buried on sandy seafloors, where they use a specialized sensory system to detect the electrical stimuli of potential prey and then attack them by ambush. The predator wraps its body around a halibut or mackerel and uses special kidney-shaped organs to produce a stunning electric charge of up to 50 volts.

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Photograph by William R. Curtsinger

Kelp rockfish navigate a towering kelp forest near California's Bodega Bay. Kelp is one of the world's fastest-growing plants, with some species adding up to a foot (31 centimeters) per day.

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"Curly," an Atlantic great white shark. At 18 feet in length, Curly is one of the largest sharks ever seen. "When Curly was swimming around the boat I wasn't frightened," says Greg Skomal. "All I could think of was how beautiful it was. I was in awe of its sheer mass, its magnificence!"

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This odd couple consists of a goby and a shrimp. The shrimp, who has poor eyesight, dug their burrow and keeps it clean, while the goby is on the lookout for predators. It pushes the shrimp down the burrow when it detects danger.

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Very new born sea lion on Flickr.

So new born the placenta was still attached

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SHARK FIN by Paul Hilton  

1. Workers process thousands of frozen shark fins at the Dong Gang fish market, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Scientists recently reported that as many as 90% of sharks in the world’s open oceans have disappeared because of a growing international demand for shark fin soup, which is especially popular with China’s expanding middle class.

2. An endangered scalloped hammerhead shark is pulled into position before its fins are removed. As the once ceremonial dish becomes more accessible, up to 73 million sharks are being killed every year. 

3. Thousands of fins dry in the midday sun at a drying facility outside Kaohsiung, Taiwan. One in three shark species are now on the brink of extinction.

4. The lifeless carcass of a grey reef shark hangs in a driftnet as it is pulled to the surface in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

5. Shark and ray heads hang on the top deck of the Rian Hidaya shark finning vessel in Raja Ampat, Indonesia.

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Organisms and their awesomness that I found quite intriguing, and kinda lovely this quarter in Marine Life.

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A great white shark in South Africa swims alongside a boat and eats the bait for a tour group.