• RAJ0106
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  • map puffer (Arothron mappa), eaten as fugu in Japan, flesh is extremely poisonous, along rich marine life on a coral ledge; center of world's richest marine biodiversity, Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia
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  • ENDANGERED Pacific hawksbill sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata bissa); among soft coral trees, center of world's richest marine biodiversity, Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia
  • RAJ0108
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  • a banded sea snake or sea krait, extremely venomous but not aggressive, hunts for small fish within coral crevices; center of world's richest marine biodiversity, Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia
  • RAJ0109
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  • huge stand of hard corals, branches provide shelter for multitudes of small fish; center of world's richest marine biodiversity, Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia
  • RAJ0110
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  • closeup of polyps of organ-pipe coral; living animals feeds with stinging polyps; center of world's richest marine biodiversity, Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia
  • RAJ0111
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  • Closeup of coral polyps; living animals feeds with stinging polyps; center of world's richest marine biodiversity, Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia
  • RAJ0112
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  • BEHAVIOR: Symbiosis: emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) lives within spines of crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci; center of world's richest marine biodiversity, Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia
  • RAJ0113
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  • BEHAVIOR: Symbiosis: emperor shrimp (Periclimenes imperator) lives within spines of crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci; center of world's richest marine biodiversity, Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia
  • RAJ0114
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  • glass shrimp seek shelter within soft coral tree; center of world's richest marine biodiversity, Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia
  • RAJ0115
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  • BEHAVIOR: mantis shrimp; Odontodactylus scyllarus; uses front claws as spear, fastest movement in animal kingdom; center of world's richest marine biodiversity, Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia
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  • BEHAVIOR: mantis shrimp; Odontodactylus scyllarus; uses front claws as spear, fastest movement in animal kingdom; center of world's richest marine biodiversity, Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia
  • RAJ0117
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  • solar-powered nudibranch, when it reaches a certain size, can live entirely off food made by chloroplasts in its body; center of world's richest marine biodiversity, Raja Ampat islands, Indonesia