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Meet weird ocean animals whose shapes help them live in very different parts of the sea. A fish with a clear head can aim its eyes upward, a crab holds living pom-poms, and a sea slug kicks through the water on flattened wings. Start in the shallows, then head into open water and down to the seafloor.

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Giant Tubeworm

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Giant Tubeworm
The red plume protrudes from a permanent tube around a hydrothermal vent. It supplies compounds to bacteria inside the worm, which make nutrients the animal can use. It’s a plume for exchanging gases and dissolved chemicals rather than a mouth.
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Dromalia

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Dromalia
Dandelion Siphonophore A loose ball of small bodies makes up this fluffy colony near the deep seafloor. Long tentacles spread out to capture food drifting past. The individual members are specialized for jobs that keep the whole colony alive.
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