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Alisa Opar

Giant Pacific Octopus

At Monterey Bay Aquarium, this aquarist feeds, entertains and researches an impressive array of cephalopods

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The Monterey Bay Aquarium is home to a massive exhibition of cephalopods — one of, if not the, biggest ever — through 2016. These incredible creatures are constantly challenging their minders, and helping us understand how the live.

The Octopus Whisperer

Picture of the Week: Cat Tongue

The 3-D skeleton of the ruby seadragon — or Phyllopteryx dewysea — constructed from thousands of x-rays obtained with a CT scanner. The color was added to represent the seadragon's hue in the wild.

A bright new seadragon species emerges from the shadows

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Picture of the Week: Ruby Seadragon