Under the sea: 20 cool pics

[Kara Sundstrom]

Under the sea: 20 cool pics



This photo released Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, by Chicago's Shedd Aquarium shows a new male beluga whale born on Monday swimming with his mother Puiji at the aquarium. The 162 pound, 5-feet, 4-inches long baby was born head first, which is rare for beluga whales who are usually born tail first. (AP Photo/Courtesy Shedd Aquarium, Brenna Hernandez) Read the latest articles from Examiners.

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Dressed in Santa Claus outfits, a diver feeds to a turtle at the Coex Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009. Christmas is one of the biggest holidays in South Korea, where over half of the population are Christians. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man) Read the latest articles from Examiners.

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This photo taken March 2009 shows string rays off Caye Caulker Island near the second largest barrier reef that runs along the coast of Belize.(AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach) Read the latest articles from Examiners.

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Chicago, a 5-foot, 6-inch long male beluga whale calf weighing 152 pounds swims in his enclosure at the aquarium after being born Sunday. It is the second time in a week a beluga whale at he aquarium has given birth. Officials with the aquarium say the mother, Naya, needed some assistance from animal experts. (AP Photo/John G. Shedd Aquarium, Keith Pamper) Read the latest articles from Examiners.

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yellow tail snapper off Caye Caulker Island near the second largest barrier reef that runs along the coast of Belize.(AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach) Read the latest articles from Examiners.

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Scuba Santa makes his way around the Newport Aquarium on Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009 in Newport, Ky. during one of his daily visits to the Aquarium at Newport on the Lavee on the banks of the Ohio River. (AP Photo/The Enquirer, Ernest Coleman) Read the latest articles from Examiners.

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Island near the second largest barrier reef that runs along the coast of Belize in March 2009.(AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach) Read the

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separates it from the clouds near the second largest barrier reef that runs along the coast of Belize.(AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach) Read the latest articles from Examiners.

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the second largest barrier reef that runs along the coast of Belize.(AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach) Read the latest articles from Examiners.

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This November 2009 photo shows Pelican Rock, which is a lone pinnacle jutting up 90 feet to near the surface and is located at the very tip of the Baja Peninsula. Nutrients flowing from the Pacific Ocean converge with currents from the Sea of Cortez at this very point to create a unique micro ecosystem, unlike any found throughout Mexico.(AP Photo/Cabo Expeditions,Oscar Ortiz) Read the latest articles from Examiners.

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In this Dec. 10, 2009 photo taken near Indonesia and released by Museum Victoria, a veined octopus, Amphioctopus marginatus crawls along the ocean floor. Australian scientists have filmed the octopus collecting coconut shells for shelter, unusually sophisticated behavior that the researchers believe is the first evidence of tool use in an invertebrate animal. (AP Photo/Museum Victoria, Dr Mark Norman) Read the latest articles from Examiners.

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In this Dec. 10, 2009 photo taken near Indonesia and released by Museum Victoria, a veined octopus, Amphioctopus marginatus hides in an coconut shell. Australian scientists have filmed the octopus collecting coconut shells for shelter, unusually sophisticated behavior that the researchers believe is the first evidence of tool use in an invertebrate animal. (AP Photo/Museum Victoria, Roger Steene) Read the latest articles from Examiners.

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This photo taken July 2009 shows an octopus unfolding itself on a sandy patch of reef near the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire. (AP Photo/Brian Witte) Read the latest articles from Examiners.

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This photo released Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, by Chicago's Shedd Aquarium shows a new male beluga whale born on Monday swimming with his mother Puiji at the aquarium. The 162 pound, 5-feet, 4-inches long baby was born head first, which is rare for beluga whales who are usually born tail first) Read the latest articles from Examiners.

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Aquaria underwater park in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Dec. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin) Read the latest articles from Examiners.