Check out this week’s featured specimen!

(Pictured below, really close up!)


12-20-11ab
Photo: N. Sincero 2011


Can you guess what it is?


Here are some hints:

  • Adults of this species can weigh up to 60 lbs. (27 kg).
  • They have transparent eyelids, which help them to see when they are underwater.



Leave us a comment with your answer! Then come see us outside the Project Lab on Friday, December 24th at 11:30 AM for Specimen Spotlight in order to find out if you’re right and to learn more about this animal.

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