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Everyone’s Favorite Cetacean: The Dolphin

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Everyone’s Favorite Cetacean: The Dolphin

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When Orcas Strike Back

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Detail from a postal stamp depicting an orca underwater
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Killer Orcas

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DVD cover image for Keiko: The Untold Story of the Star of Free Willy
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The Other Half of the Story: Keiko, the Star of Free Willy

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Jesse (Jason James Richter) meets the orca "Willy" in Free Willy
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Saving the Killer Whale: Free Willy

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Humpback whales "George" and "Gracie" in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
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Back From the Brink: Star Trek and the Humpback Whale

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Spock (Leonard Nimoy) mind melds with a humpback whale in a scene from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
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The One With the Whales — Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

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Screenshot of My Octopus Teacher
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Falling in Love With the Wild: My Octopus Teacher

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Cover of Octopus! by Katherine Harmon Courage
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About the Octopus

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Promotional image from the docuseries Octopus!, depicting an octopus with a tentacle wrapped around a diver holding a bouquet of flowers
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We Welcome Our Cephalopod Overlords: Octopus!

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The Alien Under the Sea: The Octopus

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Image of three penguins on a rocky shore, from the documentary "Secrets of the Penguins"
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Masters of the Sea and Land: National Geographic’s Secrets of the Penguins

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“We are all stardust and stories.”

Erin Morgenstern, The Starless Sea

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