Nikki's Photography

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Clusters of baby Dungeness Crab molted exoskeletons washed up for miles along the shores of Oceanside and Netarts Bay, Oregon.

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Millions of baby Mole Crabs washing ashore, Netarts Bay, OR

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Frog and spider in my back yard pond, Lewisville, Texas

Puffer fish, Dallas World Aquarium, Texas

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The Giant River Otters at the Dallas World Aquarium are rarely out, and when they are, there’s such a crowd gathered around it’s difficult to move forward or even try to get past them to go onto the next exhibit. I was lucky to take this photo from the third floor.

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Survivor: sand crab with a transparent shell and two legs missing. Nag’s Head beach, Outer Banks, NC. This little crab measuring about 2 inches across had two legs missing but was still managing across the hills and valleys of footsteps in the sand. My guess is that a bird must have snatched it up then dropped it, retaining two of the legs for lunch. Shortly after this encounter it finally started digging a hole, offering much more protection than a footprint..

Feeding bread to about 50 turtles, Kitty Hawk, Outer Banks, NC

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NC Sandpipers in flight

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Horseshoe Crab, Kitty Hawk, Outer Banks, NC

Moon Jellyfish, Dallas World Aquarium, Texas

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