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    • Herty Pot
    • Herty Pot
    • Herty pot track in pine
    • Longleaf pine sap

    Herty Pot

    Herty Pots are commonly found in native longleaf pine forests, where they were used in the […]

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    • Humpback whale
    • Humpback whale
    • Humpback whale
    • Humpback whale

    Humpback Whale

    Many whale species swim near Florida shores. They sometimes become stranded and die on Florida beaches, […]

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    • Giant Clam
    • Giant Clam
    • Giant Clam
    • Giant Clam

    Giant Clam

    Giant Clams can grow to be huge in nutrient-poor waters due to the help of tiny […]

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    • Solomon Island Frogmouth
    • Solomon Island Frogmouth
    • Solomon Island Frogmouth
    • Solomon Island Frogmouth

    Solomon Island Frogmouth

    The rare Solomon Island Frogmouth was once considered a subspecies of the widespread Marbled Frogmouth. Comparing […]

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    • Mummified Alligator Gar
    • Mummified Alligator Gar
    • Mummified Alligator Gar
    • Mummified Alligator Gar

    Mummified Alligator Gar

    Scientists use modern reference specimens to identify bone, shell and plant material from archaeological sites. Alligator […]

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    • World’s Largest Pill Bug (Bathynomus)
    • World’s Largest Pill Bug (Bathynomus)

    World’s Largest Pill Bug

    The World’s Largest Pill Bug, a crustacean distantly related to shrimp and crabs, lives in deep […]

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    • Squat lobsters
    • Squat lobsters
    • Squat lobsters
    • Squat lobsters
    • Squat lobsters
    • Squat lobsters
    • Squat Lobster
    • Squat Lobster

    Squat Lobsters

    Invertebrates are poorly known, even colorful Squat Lobsters. Many of these brightly colored animals remain undescribed […]

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    • Paynes Prairie Moths (various species)
    • Paynes Prairie Moths (various species)
    • Paynes Prairie Moths (various species)
    • Paynes Prairie Moths (various species)
    • Paynes Prairie Moths, Imperial Moth
    • Paynes Prairie Moths (various species)

    Paynes Prairie Moths

    Museum staff began surveying local moths in 2005. So far nearly 1,000 different moth species have […]

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    • Greater Siren
    • Greater Siren
    • Greater Siren

    Greater Siren

    Florida hosts all four known species of sirens, a strange aquatic family of salamanders. With frilly […]

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    • Giant Seep Worms
    • Giant Seep Worms
    • Giant Seep Worms
    • Giant Seep Worms

    Giant Seep Worms

    Giant Seep Worms live near deep-sea cold seeps where hydrocarbons leak from the sea floor. These […]

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