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ha ha ha

Or "heads", as real sailors call them.

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Here's an object that probably doesn't deserve to be recovered - the head on the Matt Turecamo.
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Look at the difference between these two shots; the first in 1997, not long after the sinking, and the second in 2000. Hydroids have replaced mussels, and the floor is covered with a foot of silt.
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"Heads" on the Coney Island (top) and Great Isaac (bottom). Courtesy Perry Arts.
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Head on the Mandy Ray

Sea Anemones

Adult (right) and immature Frilled Sea Anemones
Adult (right) and immature
Frilled Sea Anemones

Sea anemones are found from the intertidal zone to extreme depths. Some live attached to solid objects, others burrow in sand or construct tubes. They feed primarily on plankton.

Sea anemones feed through a mouth located in the center of its tentacles. Waste is regurgitated through the same opening. The tentacles sting zooplankton or fish that pass too close, and the anemone swallows its prey whole. Most anemones cannot sting humans with any noticeable effect.

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