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(Left) Quahog (Mercenaria); (right) soft-shell clam (Mya) Giant clams (Tridacna gigas) in the waters off Rose Atoll.
View disco clams (Ctenoides ales) displaying their flashes of lights
diagram of rigid skeletons worked by muscles
For Students
(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.
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African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.
Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement
earthquake. Heavily damaged school in the town of Yingxiu after a major earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.
The 6 Deadliest Earthquakes Since 1950
King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)
9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes
In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.
6 of the World’s Deadliest Natural Disasters
Ice Sledge Hockey, Hockey Canada Cup, USA (left) vs Canada, 2009. UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver, BC, competition site for Olympic ice hockey and Paralympic ice sledge hockey. Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver Olympics
10 Best Hockey Players of All Time
Secret Service Agent Listens To Earpiece
Secret Service Code Names of 11 U.S. Presidents
Attack on Pearl Harbor. December 7, 1941. Pearl Harbor infographic. World War II. Hawaii. United States. Japan. SPOTLIGHT VERSION
Attack on Pearl Harbor Timeline

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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
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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