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China: Octopus Clings to Phone After Being Caught by Fisher in Fuzhou

In Fuzhou, Fujian, a video captured a man fishing when he unexpectedly caught an octopus with a phone stuck to one of its tentacles on September 28. The octopus refused to let go, wrapping its arms tightly around the device as if claiming it as its own.

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Sea urchins surviving severe epidemic on exhibit in Israel

STORY: Sea urchins surviving severe epidemic on exhibit in Israel DATELINE: June 17, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:27 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the aquarium 2. various of the black sea urchins which survived the epidemic STORYLINE: Two black sea urchins, which survived a deadly epidemic in the Red Sea, are being preserved by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority at an aquarium in the Israeli city of Eilat. The two black sea urchins are put in a special tank. One of them is male while the other is female. The deadly epidemic killed almost all black sea urchin population in the region in a few months, a research team from Tel Aviv University said in May. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jerusalem. (XHTV)

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Sea urchins return to Sea of Japan coastal waters

FUKUI, Japan - A diver is all smiles with a bagful of sea urchins she gathered after three hours of work on Aug. 6, the last day of the urchin-gathering season off the coast of Fukui Prefecture. Fishermen in the area say the volume of sea urchins caught off the Fukui coast have more or less returned to normal 10 years after the Russian oil tanker Nakhodka carrying 20,000 kiloliters of fuel oil broke up in stormy weather in the Sea of Japan and up to 6,200 kiloliters of oil washed up in the coasts of 10 prefectures. At one point, the volume of sea urchins gathered by a local fishermen's cooperative in Fukui dropped to 19 kilograms, compared with an annual average of 300 kg before the spill, fishermen say.

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Rice bowl topped with sea urchin popular in Ishinomaki

TOKYO, Japan - Cook Yohei Abe in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, holds a bowl of rice topped with sea urchin at his seafood restaurant on July 19, 2014.

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Model for "Amachan" grandma

MORIOKA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 8, 2013 shows Kunie Kudo holding a sea urchin boxed lunch at the Sanriku Rias-Tei restaurant on the premises of Sanriku Railway Kuji Station in Kuji, Iwate Prefecture. Kudo is said to be one of the models for Natsu Amano, the charismatic grandmother of the main character Aki Amano in the NHK drama titled "Amachan."

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Sea urchin and anemone fish

FUKUOKA, Japan - Diadema setosum, belonging to the sea urchin family, are seen near an anemone fish off the coast of Akune in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan on July 12, 2009.

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Fisherman processes sea urchins

FUKUOKA, Japan - Veteran fisherman Katsumi Hamasaki separates the shell of a sea urchin from its flesh on July 11, 2009. The shells of sea urchins, caught in the sea off the coast of Akune in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, are sent to a research institution for reuse of ingredients such as calcium.

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Chinese girl makes miniature dollhouses inside shells

STORY: Chinese girl makes miniature dollhouses inside shells DATELINE: Sept. 15, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:52 LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the miniature dollhouse 2. Voice of ZHAO JINGJING, Creator of miniature dollhouses STORYLINE: A girl in southern Chinese city Guangzhou has made various kinds of miniature dollhouses inside walnut shells, conch shells and sea urchin shells. Voice of ZHAO JINGJING, Creator of miniature dollhouses "I was born in the 1990s. I've been fond of doing handicrafts since I was little. I learned to make miniature dollhouses this March, starting with a walnut shell. It takes about two days to make one from the walnut shell at the beginning. The one made from sea urchin shell is more difficult and it takes about two weekends. They were decorated with various miniature furniture, including metal chairs, wooden easels, paper books, metal lampshades, and cloth curtains. Every girl dreams to be a princess and wishes to live in a castle. It feels

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Sea urchins return to Sea of Japan coastal waters

FUKUI, Japan - A diver is all smiles with a bagful of sea urchins she gathered after three hours of work on Aug. 6, the last day of the urchin-gathering season off the coast of Fukui Prefecture. Fishermen in the area say the volume of sea urchins caught off the Fukui coast have more or less returned to normal 10 years after the Russian oil tanker Nakhodka carrying 20,000 kiloliters of fuel oil broke up in stormy weather in the Sea of Japan and up to 6,200 kiloliters of oil washed up in the coasts of 10 prefectures. At one point, the volume of sea urchins gathered by a local fishermen's cooperative in Fukui dropped to 19 kilograms, compared with an annual average of 300 kg before the spill, fishermen say. (Kyodo)

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Chef in quake-hit northern Japan town uses local ingredients

Wataru Oikawa serves a meal of octopus, sea urchin and other locally caught marine products at his restaurant in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 10, 2015. The region was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sea urchin caught in Fukushima for 1st time after nuclear crisis

A woman cooks on July 30, 2015, sea urchin caught off the coast of Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Fishing of sea urchin, a local specialty, resumed that day on a trial basis for the first time since the March 2011 nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi complex triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami. The catch will be cooked and, if it passes radiation screening, put on sale. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sea urchin caught in Fukushima for 1st time after nuclear crisis

Photo taken July 30, 2015, shows sea urchin caught off the coast of Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan. Fishing of sea urchin, a local specialty, resumed that day on a trial basis for the first time since the March 2011 nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi complex triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami. The catch will be cooked and, if it passes radiation screening, put on sale. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sea urchin caught in Fukushima for 1st time after nuclear crisis

Divers catch sea urchin off the coast of Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on July 30, 2015. Fishing of sea urchin, a local specialty, resumed that day on a trial basis for the first time since the March 2011 nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi complex triggered by a massive earthquake and tsunami. The catch will be cooked and, if it passes radiation screening, put on sale. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fisherman processes sea urchins

FUKUOKA, Japan - Veteran fisherman Katsumi Hamasaki separates the shell of a sea urchin from its flesh on July 11, 2009. The shells of sea urchins, caught in the sea off the coast of Akune in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, are sent to a research institution for reuse of ingredients such as calcium. (Kyodo)

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Sea urchin and anemone fish

FUKUOKA, Japan - Diadema setosum, belonging to the sea urchin family, are seen near an anemone fish off the coast of Akune in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan on July 12, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Sea otters popular with visitors but headache for fishermen

KUSHIRO, Japan - A sea otter swims holding a sea urchin near Cape Nosappu in Nemuro, Hokkaido, on Feb. 2, 2010. (Photo courtesy of the Habomai fisheries cooperative) (Kyodo)

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Sea otters popular with visitors but headache for fishermen

KUSHIRO, Japan - Photo taken March 4, 2010, of empty sea urchin shells in the Sea of Okhotsk just off Nemuro, Hokkaido, indicates sea urchins were devoured by sea otters. (Photo courtesy of the Habomai fisheries cooperative). (Kyodo)

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Rice bowl topped with sea urchin popular in Ishinomaki

TOKYO, Japan - Cook Yohei Abe in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, which was devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, holds a bowl of rice topped with sea urchin at his seafood restaurant on July 19, 2014. (Kyodo)

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Tasmanian sea urchins

A worker crack opens the shell of a Tasmanian sea urchin at a processing facility in the outskirts of Hobart in Australia's southeastern island of Tasmania on Jan. 23, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo