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Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Image ID: 32666
Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada | Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Image ID: 32667
Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada | Steller sea lion entanglement, line wrapped around the sea lion's neck, injury and infection from the wound can weaken and kill the animal, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Image ID: 32668
Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada |
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Young Steller sea lions mock jousting underwater, a combination of play and mild agreession, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Image ID: 32669
Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada | Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Image ID: 32670
Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada | Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Image ID: 32671
Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada |
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Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Image ID: 32672
Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada | Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Image ID: 32673
Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada | Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Image ID: 32674
Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada |
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Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Image ID: 32675
Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada | Steller sea lion underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Image ID: 32676
Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada | Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Image ID: 32677
Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada |
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Steller sea lions underwater, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Image ID: 32678
Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada | Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 33355
Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Giant black sea bass, endangered species, reaching up to 8' in length and 500 lbs, amid giant kelp forest.
Image ID: 33356
Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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Giant black sea bass, endangered species, reaching up to 8' in length and 500 lbs, amid giant kelp forest.
Image ID: 33378
Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Adult male humpback whale singing, suspended motionless underwater. Only male humpbacks have been observed singing. All humpbacks in the North Pacific sing the same whale song each year, and the song changes slightly from one year to the next.
Image ID: 02796
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Humpback whale mother, calf (top), male escort (rear), underwater. A young humpback calf typically swims alongside or above its mother, and male escorts will usually travel behind the mother.
Image ID: 02819
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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Adult male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a female (left) during a competitive group. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other male whales interested in the mother.
Image ID: 02828
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Adult male humpback whale bubble streaming underwater. The male escort humpback whale seen here is emitting a curtain of bubbles as it swims behind a mother and calf. The bubble curtain may be meant as warning or visual obstruction to other nearby male whales interested in the mother.
Image ID: 05925
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | North Pacific humpback whale, escort in competitive group makes fast close pass.
Image ID: 06057
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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Fin Whale, Aerial Photo, Baja California.
Image ID: 33266
Species: Fin Whale, Balaenoptera physalus
Location: Baja California, Mexico | Aerial photo of gray whale calf and mother. This baby gray whale was born during the southern migration, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place.
Image ID: 29017
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: San Clemente, California, USA | Brown pelican in flight, spreading wings wide to slow in anticipation of landing on seacliffs.
Image ID: 30254
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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Brown pelican portrait, displaying winter plumage with distinctive yellow head feathers and red gular throat pouch.
Image ID: 30255
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | A brown pelican preening, reaching with its beak to the uropygial gland (preen gland) near the base of its tail. Preen oil from the uropygial gland is spread by the pelican's beak and back of its head to all other feathers on the pelican, helping to keep them water resistant and dry.
Image ID: 30289
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | California Brown Pelican flying over a breaking wave.
Image ID: 30364
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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Eureka Valley Dune Evening Primrose. A federally endangered plant, Oenothera californica eurekensis is a perennial herb that produces white flowers from April to June. These flowers turn red as they age. The Eureka Dunes evening-primrose is found only in the southern portion of Eureka Valley Sand Dunes system in Indigo County, California.
Image ID: 25237
Species: Eureka Valley Dune Evening Primrose, Oenothera californica eurekensis
Location: Eureka Dunes, Death Valley National Park, California, USA | Blue whale, exhaling as it surfaces from a dive, aerial photo. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have lived on Earth, exceeding 100' in length and 200 tons in weight.
Image ID: 25951
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: Redondo Beach, California, USA | Brown pelican head throw. During a bill throw, the pelican arches its neck back, lifting its large bill upward and stretching its throat pouch.
Image ID: 20257
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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