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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

Sargassum Fish

Sargassum Fish

Histrio histrio

Size: to 6"

Habitat: wherever the current takes them

Notes: Sargassum fishes are found in drifting clumps of Sargassum weed. They are certainly one of the most bizarre fishes you may encounter. Their closest relatives are deep-sea anglerfishes and the local Goosefish. The paired fins are used exactly like arms and legs, and the Sargassum fish is a clumsy and reluctant swimmer. In fact, the pectoral (arm) fins can be folded over below the elbow, giving the fish an opposable grasp much like our own hands!

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