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Blind Lobster

We saw a number of blind lobsters (Acanthacaris caeca) during Dive 08 of the 2019 Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration. This one appeared to be fishing for prey by waving a small piece of organic tissue as bait. Here, it was trying to grab a squid as it swam by.

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Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, 2019 Southeastern U.S. Deep-sea Exploration.