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  • Lizardfish (Synodus sp.) with a mouthful of sharp teeth, lurking among the rubble and muck of the Lembeh Strait in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, ready to ambush prey.
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  • Close-up view of a lizardfish's (Synodus sp.) sharp teeth. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia
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  • A lone great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) opening its mouth and displaying its sharp teeth. This fish stalked many small fish for over an hour at dusk, but it missed every time it made a lightning-quick strike.
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  • A tiny cleaning shrimp (Urocaridella sp.) dwarfed by the size of its client, a giant moray eel (Gymnothorax javanicus). Ambon, Indonesia.
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  • Modern scrimshaw, sperm whale teeth, Kingdom of Tonga.
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  • Three large sperm whale teeth, illustrating preparation for scrimshaw. The tooth on the left is raw and unpolished. The middle tooth has been polished, perhaps with shark skin or some similar textured substance. The tooth on the left is in the process of being engraved with scrimshaw.
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  • Collection of scrimshaw sperm whale teeth on display at the Nantucket Whaling Museum
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  • Close-up view of the mouth and sharp teeth of a great barracuda (Sphyraena barracuda) that was stalking prey in the early evening. This fish was about 1.5m in length.
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  • Close-up view of the suckers on the tentacular club of an Architeuthis giant squid. I recovered this squid arm after seeing a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) breach in the waters around Ogasawara, Japan (the Bonin Islands). Note the sharp, serrated teeth that line the edge of the suction cups. These are made of chitin, and help the squid to grasp and secure prey.
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  • Close-up view of the suckers on the tentacular club of an Architeuthis giant squid. I recovered this squid arm after seeing a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) breach in the waters around Ogasawara, Japan (the Bonin Islands). Note the sharp, serrated teeth that line the edge of the suction cups. These are made of chitin, and help the squid to grasp and secure prey.
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  • Jawbone (measuring 16 feet) and teeth of a male sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus), on display at the Nantucket Whaling Museum. This jawbone was brought back to Nantucket by Captain William Cash of the whaling ship Islander in 1865.
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  • Ventral view of an adult female sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) at the ocean surface with her mouth slightly open. From this angle, the pockets in her upper jaw are clearly visible. Sperm whales have teeth only in their lower jaws. The pockets are where her teeth fit in.
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  • A friendly adult sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) hanging just below the ocean surface, with two other members of her family group just visible in the image, one below, the faint shadow of one swimming away at the top right. Note the whitened area around the whale's mouth, which is typical of sperm whales, and also the teeth of the lower jaw. Sperm whales generally do not have teeth in their upper jaws.
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  • Looking straight down into the mouth of a dragon moray eel (Enchelycore pardalis). The extra row of teeth in the middle of the fish's upper jaw is visible. These teeth help prevent prey from escaping the eels jaws. Photographed at Futo harbor in the Izu Peninsula of Japan.
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  • Sperm whale tooth scrimshaw on display at the Nantucket Whaling Museum, with the inscription "The Susan on her homeward bound passage." This tooth is one of a well-known series of at least 35 engraved sperm-whale teeth known as Susan's Teeth, engraved by Frederick Myer. Frederick is the earliest known American scrimshaw artist to sign and date his work. This tooth is dated 22 August 1829. Behind this tooth is the Journal of the Whaleship Susan kept by Captain Reuben Russel from 12 December 1841 to 28 May 1846.
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  • This is a 351 centimeter segment of an Architeuthis giant squid tentacular arm left in the water by a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) after it breached. The suction cups on the tentacular clubs are lined with sharp, serrated teeth made of chitin. Photographed in Ogasawara, Bonin Islands, Japan.
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  • This Pteromys volans orii flying squirrel is eating fresh needles of a Sakhalin fir tree (Abies sachalinensis) during a light snowfall. One of the squirrel's teeth is visible from this angle.
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  • Lutjanus bohar are commonly referred to as twinspot snapper, and sometimes as red snapper. As shown here, this species is capable of taking on coloration other than red. This happens during spawning aggregations, but also when fish are alone, as is the case here. The two dorsal spots can also appear and disappear. This species is an active predator, as suggested by the prominent canine teeth.
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  • Jagging wheels, or pie crimpers, made of sperm whale teeth were ostensibly for cutting and decorating pastries, but they may have been valued primarily for their design and aesthetic appeal. This particular jagging wheel is one of many on display at the Nantucket Whaling Museum.
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  • Photographer Douglas Seifert demonstrating the stickiness of the suction rings of an Architeuthis giant squid feeding arm. The squid's suction rings are lined with sharp, serrated teeth made of chitin, which help the animals to grasp and cling to prey. In this photograph, the suction rings are clinging to the glass of Douglas's scuba diving mask. I retrieved this 351-centimeter long Architeuthis arm fragment after seeing a sperm whale breach. Photographed in Ogasawara, Japan.
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  • Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops aduncus) surfing. Note that the dolphin’s eye is closed. Also note the teeth rake marks on the dorsal surface of the animal. These are likely to be scars from encounters with other dolphins.
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  • Adult female sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) at the ocean surface with her mouth open. This whale has just surfaced from foraging in deep water. There is a small piece of squid on the tip of her lower jaw. She has many visible scars left by the suckers of Architeuthis sp. giant squid, which seem to be among the primary prey hunted by sperm whales in the waters of Ogasawara (the Bonin Islands) in Japan. Note the cluster of sucker scars at the base of the whale's lower jaw. Also, it is possible to see inside the roof of the whale's mouth. This angle shows clearly that the whale has no teeth in the upper jaw, only the lower jaw.
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  • This is a 351 centimeter segment of an Architeuthis giant squid tentacular feeding arm left in the water by a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) after it breached. The suction cups on the tentacular clubs are lined with sharp, serrated teeth made of chitin. Photographed in Ogasawara, Bonin Islands, Japan.
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  • Segment of an Architeuthis giant squid feeding tentacle (tentacular arm) that was left in the water by a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) after it breached. This squid arm fragment measured 351 centimeters. Note the suction cups, which are lined with finely serrated teeth made of chitin, which help the squid grab and hold prey.
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  • This is a 351 centimeter segment of an Architeuthis giant squid tentacular arm left in the water by a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) after it breached. The suction cups on the tentacles are lined with sharp, serrated teeth made of chitin. Photographed in Ogasawara, Bonin Islands, Japan.
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  • This is a lizardfish (Synodus sp.) that has just caught a butterflyfish (Chaetodon sp.). Lizardfish are ambush predators. They lie in wait on the bottom, often perched at a slight angle, such that the fish looks up into the water column. When potential prey passes overhead, the lizardfish darts up in the blink of an eye to grab its meal. While some fish do get away, the many sharp, backward-pointing teeth in a lizardfish’s mouth make escape difficult.
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  • Portrait of a threadsail filefish (Stephanolepis cirrhifer), empahsizing the strong teeth that are characteristic of filefishes. Photographed in the Izu Peninsula, Japan.
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  • Photographer Douglas Seifert holding a 351-centimeter segment of a Architeuthis giant squid feeding arm, displaying the suction cups lining the tentacular club. The suction cups have sharp, serrated teeth that help the giant cephalopod hold on to its prey. I recovered this giant squid arm segment after seeing a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) breach. Photographed in Ogasawara, Japan.
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  • This sperm whale has just come up to breathe, after foraging for prey in deep water. There is a small piece of squid visible, attached to the whale's top left jaw. It is very likely a piece of Architeuthis giant squid, which seem to be relatively common in the deep waters adjacent to the Ogasawara island chain of Japan. There are also scars made by suction cups of squid feeding tentacles visible on the forehead of the whale. Those suction cups are lined with finely serrated rings of teeth made of chitin.
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  • Dragon moray eel living among boulders and rock formations off the east coast of the Izu Peninsula in Japan. These charismatic eels are common in the area, so much so that local divers ignore them.
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