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  • 111Zuiyō Maru — The Zuiyō Maru (瑞洋丸, ずいようまる) was a Japanese fishing trawler that caught a creature initially claimed to be a prehistoric plesiosaur off the coast of New Zealand in 1977. Although several Japanese scientists insisted it was not a fish, whale, or… …

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  • 112David Sims (marine biologist) — Prof. David Sims David Sims at the Marine Biological Association in October 2008 Born 7 June 1969 …

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  • 113Zuiyo-maru carcass — Carcass caught by the Zuiyō Maru. The Zuiyo maru carcass is a creature initially claimed to be a prehistoric plesiosaur that was caught by the Japanese fishing trawler Zuiyō Maru (瑞洋丸 …

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  • 114Stronsay Beast — The Stronsay beast was a large, dead sea creature that washed ashore on the island of Stronsay (at the time spelt Stronsa), in the Orkney Islands, after a storm in 1808. The carcass measured 55 feet in length, but as part of the tail was… …

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  • 115Filter feeder — [ left|thumb|200px|Krill feeding under high phytoplankton concentration (slowed down by a factor of 12).] Filter feeders (also known as suspension feeders) are animals that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from water,… …

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  • 116Outline of sharks — A great white shark at Isla Guadalupe, Mexico Sharks (superorder Selachimorpha) are a type of fish with a full cartilaginous skeleton and a highly streamlined body. The earliest known sharks date from more than 420 million years ago, before the… …

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  • 117Lamniformes — Taxobox name = Lamniformes image width = 250px image caption = Great white shark, Carcharodon carcharias regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Chondrichthyes subclassis = Elasmobranchii ordo = Lamniformes ordo authority = Berg, 1958… …

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  • 118Hákarl — For the species of shark see Greenland shark Hákarl or kæstur hákarl (Icelandic for fermented shark ) is a food from Iceland. It is a Greenland or basking shark which has been cured with a particular fermentation process and hung to dry for 4 5… …

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  • 119Sea monster — Sea monsters are sea dwelling, mythical or legendary creatures, often believed to be of immense size. Marine monsters can take many forms, including sea dragons, sea serpents, or multi armed beasts; they can be slimy or scaly, often spouting jets …

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  • 120Flora and fauna of Cornwall — Some of the plants in Trebah garden West and south Cornwall is known fo …

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