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remora and shark
How cleaner fish help maintain coral reefs
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
Animal Group Names
Lion (panthera leo)
Deadliest Animals Quiz
Young chimpanzee dressed in a shirt and sweater vest, scratching his head thinking. (primates)
Wild Words from the Animal Kingdom Vocabulary Quiz
Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)
Match the Baby Animal to Its Mama Quiz
vulture. An adult bearded vulture at a raptor recovery center. The Gypaetus barbatus also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, is a bird of prey and considered an Old World vulture.
Animal Factoids
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Spider monkey swinging in a tree. (primate, jungle animal)
Why Do Animals Have Tails?
animal. Amphibian. Frog. Anura. Ranidae. Frog in grass.
Abundant Animals: The Most Numerous Organisms in the World
Sea horse or Seahorse, Hippocampus. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata, Class: Actinopterygii, Order: Syngnathiformes, Family: Syngnathidae, Subfamily: Hippocampinae
9 Fish Named After Other Animals
Malayan Leaf Frog - Megophrys nasuta
9 Animals That Look Like Leaves
A large school of mano (sharks) called Galapagos sharks at Maro Reef in the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument. Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis)a worldwide species of requiem shark, family Carcharhinidae.
Saving Sharks in the 2020s
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Facsimile of one of William Henry Ireland's forgeries, a primitive self-portrait of William Shakespeare(tinted engraving). Published for Samuel Ireland, Norfolk Street, Strand, December 1, 1795. (W.H. Ireland, forgery)
The Time a Law Clerk Successfully Forged a New Shakespeare Play to Impress His Dad
The impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1868.
What If the President Is Impeached?
The Prado Museum facade at the Diego Velaszquez memorial. Established in 1819, the museum is considered the best collection of Spanish art and one of the world's finest collections of European art. Madrid, Spain
20 Paintings You Have to Visit at the Museo del Prado in Madrid
Monitor. Varanus salvadorii is a monitor lizard found in New Guinea can grows to 2.7 metres (9 ft.) aka Tree crocodile, Crocodile monitor, Salvadori's monitor, artellia, reptile
7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Lizards and Turtles
Saint Lucia Day. Young girl wears Lucia crown (tinsel halo) with candles. Holds Saint Lucia Day currant laced saffron buns (lussekatter or Lucia's cats). Observed December 13 honor virgin martyr Santa Lucia (St. Lucy). Luciadagen, Christmas, Sweden
7 Winter Solstice Celebrations From Around the World
Four year old boy with grandfather and father lighting Hanukkah menorah. Photo taken on: December 21st, 2009
Which Is Correct: Hanukkah or Chanukah?
Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and autodidact.
6 Interesting Facts about Srinivasa Ramanujan

remora: References & Edit History

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Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - An early fossil remora (Echeneoidea) reveals the evolutionary assembly of the adhesion disc. Dec 24, 2024
Add new Web site: The Nature - Scientific Reports - Understanding of remora's “hitchhiking” behaviour from a hydrodynamic point of view. Oct 12, 2024
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Suckerfish. Mar 15, 2024
Article revised and updated. Jun 24, 2021
Added video. May 21, 2015
Added new Web site: Australian Museum Online - Slender Suckerfish. Feb 10, 2009
Article revised and updated. Oct 08, 2008
Added new Web site: Australian Museum - Slender Suckerfish. Sep 15, 2008
Added new Web site: Gulf of Maine Research Institute - Remora. Jul 10, 2008
Added new Web site: Animal Diversity Web - Remora remora. Jul 10, 2008
Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Remora. Jul 10, 2008
Added new Web site: Encyclopedia of Life - Remora remora. Jul 10, 2008
Added new Web site: Zipcode Zoo - Remora Remora. Jul 10, 2008
Media added. Oct 08, 2007
Added new Web site: McGill University - Remora fish. Apr 25, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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