We were able to pick up this colony of pink coral still attached to a rock without breaking any branches. The manipulator claw is about 9 inches long but MBARI's skilled ROV pilots can pick up items as small as a dime from the seafloor. Image courtesy of NOAA/MBARI 2006.
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