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(Left) Quahog (Mercenaria); (right) soft-shell clam (Mya) Clams near Rose Atoll diagram of rigid skeletons worked by muscles
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(Left) Quahog (Mercenaria); (right) soft-shell clam (Mya)
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(Left) Quahog (Mercenaria); (right) soft-shell clam (Mya)
Clams near Rose Atoll
diagram of rigid skeletons worked by muscles
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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
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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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The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) is seen in Switzerland on December 2024
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