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Title: Translucent Creatures....
Post by: Leon on December 25, 2009, 09:39 PM



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A pelagic, or open-ocean, octopus gives off a neon glow in Hawaii.
Most species of octopus have no internal skeleton, unlike other cephalopods.
Title: Re: Translucent Creatures....
Post by: Leon on December 25, 2009, 09:40 PM
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A photographer's strobe gives a violet sheen to this translucent juvenile roundbelly cowfish off the coast of Kona, Hawaii.
Also known as the transparent boxfish, the roundbelly cowfish has two short horns in front of its eyes.
Title: Re: Translucent Creatures....
Post by: Leon on December 25, 2009, 09:40 PM


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A hydromedusa spreads its luminescent tentacles in the Weddell Sea near Antarctica.
Title: Re: Translucent Creatures....
Post by: Leon on December 25, 2009, 09:40 PM


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Tiny marine snails known as sea butterflies take many forms, including heart-shaped,
such as this species in Antarctica's Weddell Sea.
Title: Re: Translucent Creatures....
Post by: Leon on December 25, 2009, 09:40 PM

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A nearly translucent squid glows in reds and purples.
There are nearly 300 different species of squid, found in oceans worldwide
Title: Re: Translucent Creatures....
Post by: Leon on December 25, 2009, 09:41 PM
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Darkness in Antarctica's Weddell Sea gives this comb jelly a chance to
show off its candy-colored bioluminescent cells.
Title: Re: Translucent Creatures....
Post by: Leon on December 25, 2009, 09:41 PM
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Antarctic krill, such as this specimen in the Weddell Sea with a stomach full of yellow algae,
are a critical link in the ocean food web.
Title: Re: Translucent Creatures....
Post by: Leon on December 25, 2009, 09:41 PM

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The flower-shaped larva of a scyphomedusa jelly drifts in Antarctica's Weddell Sea.
Title: Re: Translucent Creatures....
Post by: Leon on December 25, 2009, 09:41 PM
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A tiny jellyfish, with tentacles folded and its orange central mass visible through its transparent body,
drifts in the waters of Antarctica's Weddell Sea.
Title: Re: Translucent Creatures....
Post by: Leon on December 25, 2009, 09:42 PM

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A transparent larval shrimp piggybacks on an equally see-through jellyfish in the waters around Hawaii.
Title: Re: Translucent Creatures....
Post by: Leon on December 25, 2009, 09:42 PM


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Flounder in their larval stage, such as this one in Hawaii,
resemble ghostly undersize replicas of adults.
Title: Re: Translucent Creatures....
Post by: bakr124 on January 05, 2010, 09:27 PM
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Title: Re: Translucent Creatures....
Post by: Farooq on May 12, 2011, 09:50 PM
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