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Our Bay: Below the surface

Published 02/14/09

Sea horses. Sharks. Sea turtles. Jellyfish that glow. Eels and puffer fish. Ancient-looking sturgeon.

J. Henson - Capital file photo The Chesapeake Bay is home to unique creatures that few ever see, including, from top: sturgeon and horseshoe crab.
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They all live in the Chesapeake Bay, below the surface where few ever see them. The bay's waters may be murky and polluted, but they are home to an amazing variety of creatures great and small.

"People think, 'I've got to go to the tropics to see cool animals,' " said Jack Cover, general curator of the National Aquarium in Baltimore. "Nope. … A lot of things are out there and people would never think they were there."

In terms of fish alone, 267 different species have been...

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