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Longhorn cowfish (Lactoria cornuta)

The longhorn cowfish is a variety of boxfish from the family Ostraciidae, recognizable by its long horns that protrude from the front of its head, rather like those of a cow or bull. They are a resident of the Indo-Pacific region and can grow up to 20 inches long. Adults are reef fish, often solitary and territorial, and live around sand or rubble bottom up to a depth of 50 m. They are omnivorous, feeding upon benthic algae, various microorganisms, and foraminiferans that it strains from sediments, sponges, polychaete worms from sand flats, mollusks, small crustaceans, and small fishes, able to feed on benthic invertebrates by blowing jets of water into the sandy substrate.

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Jellyfish Photography

Spanish photographer Jordi Benitez Castells has Captured stunning detailed photos of Jellyfish just off the Spanish coast. The photos were taken about three metres below the surface using a Canon 7D. Jordi works full-time in a bank, but in his spare time climbs into his wetsuit goes diving.

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Rascals | Cat & Raccoon, 2014. Personal Works

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Giant squids might be even bigger than we realized

According to research from Charles Paxton, fisheries ecologist and statistician at Scotland’s University of St. Andrews, published in the Journal of Zoology this month, the giant squid could grow to reach as much as 65 feet. But even that is a “conservative analysis,” as size could protect against their #1 predator.

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