distance
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Adult Osedax typically live on whale bones, while their larvae travel long distances through ocean currents to colonize new whale falls, sometimes hundreds of kilometers away.
From Science Daily
The lawsuit also underscores a familiar dynamic in entertainment: allegations often surface long after the alleged misconduct, when plaintiffs feel they have enough distance or support to speak publicly.
From Salon
They develop software specifically for use in the Arctic, along with virtual maps that portray the region more accurately than widely used Mercator projections, which distort polar distances.
Each of these resorts has an undersea restaurant, where travelers can sip sparkling wine and eat crab and caviar as Rainbowfish flit by, and Blacktip sharks skulk in the distance.
From Salon
Each tour group maintained its distance from the blimp, anchored down by only its nose and threatening to move if the wind kicked up.
From Los Angeles Times
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