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By Livescience.com, staff | October 6, 2017 11:45pm ET

Each week we nd the most interesting and informative articles we can and along the way we
uncover amazing and cool images. Here you'll discover 10 incredible photos and the stories
behind them.

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An iceberg could shed light on warming-fueled fate of Antarctica.
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In the great desolation and emptiness of northwestern New Mexico, the ruins of an advanced
Pre-Columbian civilization is preserved today within a 53-square-mile national historic park.

[Full Story: Chaco Canyon Photos: Amazing Ruins from an Ancient World]

A Celebration:

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A village in Indonesia enjoyed a snake-meat feast this weekend after a resident wrestled and
killed a 26 foot-long (7.8 meters) python.

[Full Story: Man v. Snake: 26-Foot-Long Python Loses Epic Battle]

Mini-Gymnast:

Doctors in Mexico snapped a stunning photo of an acrobatic arthropod ipping and twirling.
But the critter was far from a medical marvel rather, the crab-shaped parasite was a lowly
pubic louse.

[Full Story: Tiny Acrobat: Louse Photographed Flipping and Twirling ]

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Puerto Rico's Cayo Santiago Research Station has been a world-famous site for primate
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after Hurricane Maria.

[Full Story: Scientists Race to Save Puerto Rico's 'Monkey Island']

Battle to the Death:

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With a skull-piercing bite, a jaguar makes a caiman into a meal.

[Full Story: Jaguar v. Caiman Death Battle Photographed in Brazil]

Pieces and Parts:

Surgeons removed more than 100 pieces of metal of various shapes and sizes from the
stomach of a man in France, according to a new report of the man's case.

[Full Story: Doctors Remove More Than 100 Pieces of Metal from a Man's Stomach]

Elegant Parts:

A graceful bronze arm once attached to a statue dating to the rst century was recently
recovered from an ancient shipwreck near the Greek island of Antikythera.

[Full Story: Bronze Arm Found at Antikythera Shipwreck]

Say Cheese!

Photographers with the European Space Agency hoping to spot the International Space
Station crossing the face of the sun got more than they bargained for when a bird joined the
party.

[Full Story: Bird Photobombs the Space Station and Sun in Awesome Photo]

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