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Sea otter bones can turn purple

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Sea otter bones can turn purple
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While traipsing around the tide pools in Asilomar State Park in Pacific Grove, California on a gloomy May day, marine science communicator and conservationist Molly Fishman spotted a curious color. Something purple was sitting there amid the brown rocks and green algae. Fishman took a closer look and realized she was looking at a complete sea otter skeleton, but this wasn’t any old skeleton. Each and every bone on the skeleton was a bright and iridescent purple.



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