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                            <div class="caption-truncated"><p>In an interview with <a href="http://www.mysanantonio.com/" target="_blank">mySA.com</a>, Preeti Desai said she discovered a snake-eel on Texas City Beach Sept. 6, 2017 following Hurricane Harvey.</p></div>
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                            <div class="caption-truncated"><div><b><u>26 brilliant, terrifying creatures that inhabit the oceans</u></b></div>
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<div>Goblin sharks, vampire squid of hell and translucent sea cucumbers are some of the strangest creatures you might find in the Gulf of Mexico. <b>See some of</b></div><a class="more-caption"> ... more</a></div>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <div class="caption-full"><div><b>Goblin shark</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><p>The extremely rare shark lives thousands of feet below the sea. This image shows only the second specimen ever caught in the Gulf of Mexico (this one is still alive; the 15-foot shark was released back into the water after the photo session).</p><a class="more-caption"> less</a></div>
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<p>The extremely rare shark lives thousands of feet below the sea. This image shows only the second specimen ever caught in the Gulf of Mexico (this one is still alive; the 15-foot shark was released</p><a class="more-caption"> ... more</a></div>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <div class="caption-full"><b>Giant isopod <i>(Bathynomus giganteus)</i> </b><div><br></div><div>These enormous creepy-crawlies are essentially underwater pillbugs. They can grow larger than a foot long as the isopods scavenge ocean floor.</div><div><br></div><div><u>Source:</u> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bathynomus_giganteus.jpg" title="" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a></div></div>
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<div>These enormous creepy-crawlies are essentially underwater pillbugs. They can grow larger than a foot long as the isopods scavenge ocean floor.</div>
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<div><u>Source:</u> <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bathynomus_giganteus.jpg" title="" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a></div></div>
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <div class="caption-full"><div><b>Jellyfish (<i>Deepstaria reticulum</i>)</b></div><div><br></div><p>Marine biologists needed two years to figure out the nature of this strange sea creature, <a href="http://www.chron.com/news/article/It-took-scientists-two-years-to-figure-out-Gulf-5572425.php#photo-6465601" title="" target="_blank">filmed some 5,000 feet underneath the Gulf of Mexico's surface on an oil-rig camera</a>. They concluded its a huge, rare jellyfish called <b>Deepstaria reticulum</b>.</p><a class="more-caption"> less</a></div>
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<p>Marine biologists needed two years to figure out the nature of this strange sea creature, <a href="http://www.chron.com/news/article/It-took-scientists-two-years-to-figure-out-Gulf-5572425.php#photo-6465601" title="" target="_blank">filmed some 5,000 feet underneath the Gulf of Mexico's surface on an oil-rig camera</a>.</p><a class="more-caption"> ... more</a></div>
                                                                                                                                    
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<div>The largest fish species in the world swim harmlessly though Atlantic waters. The filter feeders only threaten plankton.</div></div>
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<p>Similar to a Portuguese man-o-war, these colony organisms have feathery tentacles that pack a painful sting.</p></div>
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<div>These enormous prawns are invasive to the Gulf of Mexico. They're edible, which is fortunate since they're overtaking shrimp native to gulf waters.</div></div>
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<div>Most commonly found floating atop the surface of tropical waters, the man o' war is actually a colony of organisms (and not a jellyfish). The venom found in the tentacles can cause intense</div><a class="more-caption"> ... more</a></div>
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                            <div class="caption-truncated"><div><b>Vampire Squid of Hell</b></div>
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<div>Yes, that's the real name (translated from Latin) for these rare, deep red squids found far below the ocean's surface.</div></div>
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<div>An Auburn University professor found that tar balls in the gulf contained flesh-eating microbials. The tar balls were linked to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.</div></div>
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<div>A new species of deep-sea anglerfish was discovered just this fall. The appendage on top of the fish's head attracts prey.<br />
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    <div class="caption-full"><b>Pancake batfish</b><div><b><br></b></div><div>A new species of spiny batfish were discovered in the Gulf of Mexico <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/07/batfish-species-spotted-in-gulf-of-mexico/1#.VkPTnberTRY" title="" target="_blank">just five years ago</a>. </div></div>
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            <p>Amid the damage and debris left behind by Hurricane Harvey on the Texas Coast, something else had washed up as well: a mysterious sea creature.</p>

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                                <p>It’’s the attack of the slime eels in Oregon.</p>
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            <p>After receiving a flood of responses from ocean and fish experts, and deep-sea creature enthusiasts, Desai told <a href="mySA.com">mySA.com</a> the strange being is "some sort of eel."</p>

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