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Prehistoric marine life of around 380 to 360 million years ago showing three carnivorous species (Dunkleosteus Stethacanthus Cladoselache spp.)

Prehistoric marine life of around 380 to 360 million years ago showing three carnivorous species (Dunkleosteus, Stethacanthus, Cladoselache spp.). Dunkleosteus, the largest, dark grey fish, measured up to 10 m. The Stethacanthus shark had an anvil-shaped dorsal fin, and Cladoselache at upper right was another shark, sleek and swift, resembling the present-day mackerel sharks

A twisted-wing parasite (Xenos moutoni)

A twisted-wing parasite (Xenos moutoni), female parasitising a Yellow hornet (Vespa simillima). Larvae attach themselves to foraging hornets and possibly enter larval bodies of the host hornets. They do not directly kill the hornets but infested hornets become inactive and do not share in colony maintenance and development. Japan

Elasmosaurus (Elasmosaurus sp.)

Elasmosaurus (Elasmosaurus sp.) one of a genus of plesiosaurs that existed in the Late Cretaceous period, 80.5 million years ago. It was about 14 m long with a very long neck and probably lived in the open ocean, giving birth to live young like modern sea snakes because its paddles were too rigid to allow it to come onto land. North America