Undersea wonders

credit John Ruthven

Whole blue whale fluke credit Mark Carwardine

Blue Whale Mother and Calf credit Mark Carwardine

Blue Whale Feeding credit Mark Carwardine

Credit John Ruthven

A strange creature from the deep sea called an Ostracod credit John Ruthven

Eel credit John Ruthven

NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association - USA

NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association - USA

credit John Ruthven

A fragment of a Polynesian voyaging canoe found at Anaweka on the North West coast of South Island in 2014. It is 600 years old. credit - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America and the authors Johns, Irwin and Sung.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America and the authors Johns, Irwin and Sung.

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