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| A crabeater seal, hauled out on pack ice to rest. Crabeater seals reach 2m and 200kg in size, with females being slightly larger than males. Crabeaters are the most abundant species of seal in the world, with as many as 75 million individuals. Despite its name, 80% the crabeater seal's diet consists of Antarctic krill. They have specially adapted teeth to strain the small krill from the water. Image ID: 25714 Species: Crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophagus Location: Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | A crabeater seal, hauled out on pack ice to rest. Crabeater seals reach 2m and 200kg in size, with females being slightly larger than males. Crabeaters are the most abundant species of seal in the world, with as many as 75 million individuals. Despite its name, 80% the crabeater seal's diet consists of Antarctic krill. They have specially adapted teeth to strain the small krill from the water. Image ID: 25715 Species: Crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophagus Location: Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica | A crabeater seal, hauled out on pack ice to rest. Crabeater seals reach 2m and 200kg in size, with females being slightly larger than males. Crabeaters are the most abundant species of seal in the world, with as many as 75 million individuals. Despite its name, 80% the crabeater seal's diet consists of Antarctic krill. They have specially adapted teeth to strain the small krill from the water. Image ID: 25744 Species: Crabeater seal, Lobodon carcinophagus Location: Neko Harbor, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica |
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| Northern kelp crab crawls amidst kelp blades and stipes, midway in the water column (below the surface, above the ocean bottom) in a giant kelp forest. Image ID: 10219 Species: Northern kelp crab, Pugettia producta, Macrocystis pyrifera Location: San Nicholas Island, California, USA | A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Image ID: 21652 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA | A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Image ID: 21660 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA |
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| A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Image ID: 21661 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA | A sea otter eats a clam that it has taken from the shallow sandy bottom of Elkhorn Slough. Because sea otters have such a high metabolic rate, they eat up to 30% of their body weight each day in the form of clams, mussels, urchins, crabs and abalone. Sea otters are the only known tool-using marine mammal, using a stone or old shell to open the shells of their prey as they float on their backs. Image ID: 21662 Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris Location: Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, USA | Red Irish Lord. The red irish lord lurks in shallow habitats where it feeds on crabs, shrimp, barnacles, mussels and small fishes. Image ID: 13690 Species: Red Irish Lord, Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus |
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| Hermit crab. Hermit crabs wear shells to protect their soft abdomens, which are asymmetrical and curved to fit the spiral shape of their shell. Like all crabs, hermit crabs are decapods; they have five pairs of legs, including a pair of claws. One claw is much larger than the other, the hermit crab uses it for defense and food shredding while it uses the smaller claw for eating. The second and third pairs of legs help the crab walk, and the last two pairs hold the hermit crab in its shell. Image ID: 13693 Species: Hermit crab, Pagurus | Sheep crab. Image ID: 13996 Species: Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis | Sheep crab. Image ID: 13997 Species: Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis |
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| Sheep crab. Image ID: 13998 Species: Sheep crab, Loxorhynchus grandis | Juvenile spiny king crab. Image ID: 14492 Species: Spiny king crab, Paralithodes californiensis | Decorator crab. Image ID: 14552 Species: Decorator crab, Loxorhynchus crispetus |
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| Unidentified marinecrab atop strawberry anemones. Image ID: 14956 Species: Strawberry Anemone, Crabbius idontknowus, Corynactis californica | Epaulette shark. The epaulette shark is primarily nocturnal, hunting for crabs, worms and invertebrates by crawling across the bottom on its overlarge fins. Image ID: 14959 Species: Epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium ocellatum | Epaulette shark. The epaulette shark is primarily nocturnal, hunting for crabs, worms and invertebrates by crawling across the bottom on its overlarge fins. Image ID: 14960 Species: Epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium ocellatum |
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| Epaulette shark. The epaulette shark is primarily nocturnal, hunting for crabs, worms and invertebrates by crawling across the bottom on its overlarge fins. Image ID: 14961 Species: Epaulette shark, Hemiscyllium ocellatum | Zebra shark. The zebra shark feeds on mollusks, crabs, shrimps and small fishes. It can reach a length of 10 feet (3m). Image ID: 14967 Species: Zebra shark, Stegostoma fasciatum | Zebra shark. The zebra shark feeds on mollusks, crabs, shrimps and small fishes. It can reach a length of 10 feet (3m). Image ID: 14968 Species: Zebra shark, Stegostoma fasciatum |
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| Zebra shark. The zebra shark feeds on mollusks, crabs, shrimps and small fishes. It can reach a length of 10 feet (3m). Image ID: 14969 Species: Zebra shark, Stegostoma fasciatum | Zebra shark. The zebra shark feeds on mollusks, crabs, shrimps and small fishes. It can reach a length of 10 feet (3m). Image ID: 14970 Species: Zebra shark, Stegostoma fasciatum | Zebra shark. The zebra shark feeds on mollusks, crabs, shrimps and small fishes. It can reach a length of 10 feet (3m). Image ID: 14971 Species: Zebra shark, Stegostoma fasciatum |
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| Zebra shark. The zebra shark feeds on mollusks, crabs, shrimps and small fishes. It can reach a length of 10 feet (3m). Image ID: 14972 Species: Zebra shark, Stegostoma fasciatum | Zebra shark. The zebra shark feeds on mollusks, crabs, shrimps and small fishes. It can reach a length of 10 feet (3m). Image ID: 14973 Species: Zebra shark, Stegostoma fasciatum | Zebra shark. The zebra shark feeds on mollusks, crabs, shrimps and small fishes. It can reach a length of 10 feet (3m). Image ID: 14974 Species: Zebra shark, Stegostoma fasciatum |
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| Zebra shark. The zebra shark feeds on mollusks, crabs, shrimps and small fishes. It can reach a length of 10 feet (3m). Image ID: 14975 Species: Zebra shark, Stegostoma fasciatum | Zebra shark. The zebra shark feeds on mollusks, crabs, shrimps and small fishes. It can reach a length of 10 feet (3m). Image ID: 14976 Species: Zebra shark, Stegostoma fasciatum | Zebra shark. The zebra shark feeds on mollusks, crabs, shrimps and small fishes. It can reach a length of 10 feet (3m). Image ID: 14977 Species: Zebra shark, Stegostoma fasciatum |
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