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(Left) Quahog (Mercenaria); (right) soft-shell clam (Mya) Clams near Rose Atoll
View disco clams (Ctenoides ales) displaying their flashes of lights
diagram of rigid skeletons worked by muscles
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(Left) Quahog (Mercenaria); (right) soft-shell clam (Mya)
clam summary
Quizzes
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
Animal Group Names
Lion (panthera leo)
Deadliest Animals Quiz
Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama Quiz
vulture. An adult bearded vulture at a raptor recovery center. The Gypaetus barbatus also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, is a bird of prey and considered an Old World vulture.
Animal Factoids
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Marriage. A couple getting married during a church wedding ceremony. (religion, ceremony, bride, groom)
The Seven Sacraments of the Roman Catholic church
Clouds of smoke billow up from controlled burns taking place in the Gulf of Mexico May 19, 2010. The controlled burns were set to reduce the amount of oil in the water following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. BP spill
The Perils of Industry: 10 Notable Accidents and Catastrophes
Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1855), founder of the house of Rothschild; lithograph by Friedrich Lieder, c. 1830.
Where Do Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories About the Rothschild Family Come From?
Orange basketball on black background and with low key lighting. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time
The Castillo, a Toltec-style pyramid, rises 79 feet (24 meters) above the plaza at Chichen Itza in Yucatan state, Mexico. The pyramid was built after invaders conquered the ancient Maya city in the tenth century.
What’s Inside the Pyramid at Chichén Itzá?
Still from the 2017 movie IT, Bill Skarsgard plays Pennywise the clown. Directed by Andy Muschietti
10 Famous Clowns: From Comical to Creepy
illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum
Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

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View disco clams (Ctenoides ales) displaying their flashes of lights
So-called disco clams (Ctenoides ales) putting on a show with reflected...
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(Left) Quahog (Mercenaria); (right) soft-shell clam (Mya)
Russ Kinne/Photo Researchers
Clams near Rose Atoll
Giant clams (Tridacna gigas) in the waters off Rose Atoll.
Jean Kenyon—Coral Reef Ecosystem Division/Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center/NOAA
diagram of rigid skeletons worked by muscles
Figure 4: Rigid skeletons worked by muscles.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
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