Urchin on fishing line (IMAGE)

California Academy of Sciences

Urchin on fishing line

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This Fire Urchin (Asthenosoma varium) is hanging on to a fishing line while camouflaging itself with a piece of a blue plastic bag at about 130-m depth in the Philippines. These urchins usually pick up blades of seagrass or small pieces of rubble to blend in with the bottom, but this one picked up a piece of plastic. (Luiz Rocha © California Academy of Sciences)

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(Luiz Rocha © California Academy of Sciences)

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