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Cape Hatteras National Seashore The Ocracoke Island Lighthouse is the oldest operating lighthouse in North Carolina.
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Sea Whip, though it looks like a plant, is actually whole colony of animals.

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A piece of sea whip that washes up on the beach at Cape Hatteras National Seashore is not a plant, but the skeleton of a whole colony of animals. A tiny animal lived in each hole on the yellow, orange or purple stems. It had a mouth, a stomach and eight tentacles to catch food.
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