One morning in Maine, when I was a kid, a few seals poking their heads above the water looked like a trick of the light.
In Morocco, seeing a camel up close, the first thought I had was melancholy.
The Giant Pacific octopus, which can weigh more than 100 pounds, with an arm-span of 20 feet, can fit itself through an…
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