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Watch robot crab 'Wavy Dave' get attacked in claw-waving contest with real crabsResearchers have built a robot crab that can compete in claw-waving displays with real fiddler crabs, but "Wavy Dave" doesn't always come out unscathed.
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A mysterious barrier in the Atlantic divides weird deep-sea jellyfish cousinsResearchers have mapped the distribution of a jellyfish subspecies and found that creatures which lack a distinctive "knob" are somehow prevented from leaving the Arctic.
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Thousands of strange, blobby creatures are washing up on California beachesWhat are the blue blobs washing up on California beaches? What to know about these strange sea creatures.
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'We didn't expect to find such a beautiful, thriving ecosystem': Hidden world of life discovered beneath Antarctic icebergThe newfound ecosystem is filled with sea crabs, octopuses and gigantic sponges, suggesting it may have been thriving for centuries.
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Octopus spotted riding on top of world's fastest sharkA shortfin mako shark, the fastest-swimming shark in the world, was caught on camera with an octopus catching a ride on its back off the coast of New Zealand.
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Animal kingdom's most powerful puncher generates a 'phononic shield' to protect itselfThe mantis shrimp's club uses a built-in vibration shield that filters out damaging shock waves to enable it to strike with bullet-like force without breaking.
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Octopuses: Facts about the 8-armed geniuses of the seaDiscover interesting facts about octopuses, an intelligent group of cephalopods with three hearts, eight arms and a reputation for causing mischief in oceans around the world.
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Giant phantom jelly: The 33-foot-long ocean giant that has babies out of its mouthGiant phantom jellies were discovered in 1899 and since then have only been spotted around 120 times.
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New supergiant 'Darth Vader' sea bug discovered in South China Sea — and it's absolutely massiveThe giant isopod has been named Bathynomus vaderi due to its resemblance to Darth Vader's iconic helmet from "Star Wars."
