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| North Pacific humpback whales, a mother and calf pair swim closely together just under the surface of the ocean. The calf will remain with its mother for about a year, migrating from Hawaii to Alaska to feed on herring. Image ID: 00140 Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Two blue whales, a mother and her calf, swim through the open ocean in this aerial photograph. The calf is blowing (spouting, exhaling) with a powerful column of spray. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to live on Earth. Image ID: 02304 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA | Galapagos sea lion pup, Punta Espinosa. Image ID: 01611 Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki Location: Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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| Blue whales, adult and juvenile (likely mother and calf), swimming together side by side underwater in the open ocean. Image ID: 34568 Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus Location: San Diego, California, USA | Juvenile Northern Elephant Seal Underwater, Coronado Islands, Mexico. Image ID: 36465 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico | Guadalupe fur seal pup sits on brown rocks along the coastline of Guadalupe Island. Image ID: 02441 Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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| Metridium and proliferating anemones cling to bull kelp. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. Image ID: 35257 Species: Bull kelp, Plumose anemone, Metridium senile, Nereocystis luetkeana Location: British Columbia, Canada | Metridium senile anemones cover the reef below a forest of bull kelp, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. Image ID: 35258 Species: Bull kelp, Plumose anemone, Metridium senile, Nereocystis luetkeana Location: British Columbia, Canada | Pink Soft Coral (Gersemia Rubiformis), and Plumose Anemones (Metridium senile) cover the ocean reef, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. Image ID: 35260 Species: Pink soft coral, Plumose anemone, Gersemia rubiformis, Metridium senile Location: British Columbia, Canada |
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| Metridium senile anemones cover the reef below a forest of bull kelp, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. Image ID: 35262 Species: Bull kelp, Plumose anemone, Metridium senile, Nereocystis luetkeana Location: British Columbia, Canada | Metridium senile anemones cover the reef below a forest of bull kelp, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. Image ID: 35263 Species: Bull kelp, Plumose anemone, Metridium senile, Nereocystis luetkeana Location: British Columbia, Canada | White metridium anemones fed by strong ocean currents, cover a cold water reef teeming with invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. Image ID: 35277 Species: Plumose anemone, Metridium senile Location: British Columbia, Canada |
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| Yellow sulphur sponge and white metridium anemones, on a cold water reef teeming with invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. Image ID: 35280 Species: Bread crumb sponge, Plumose anemone, Halichondria panicea, Metridium senile Location: British Columbia, Canada | Pink Soft Coral (Gersemia Rubiformis), and Plumose Anemones (Metridium senile) cover the ocean reef, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. Image ID: 34330 Species: Pink soft coral, Plumose anemone, Gersemia rubiformis, Metridium senile Location: British Columbia, Canada | 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 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 | 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 | Juvenile bald eagle, second year coloration plumage, closeup of head and shoulders, looking directly at camera, snowflakes visible on feathers. Immature coloration showing white speckling on feathers. Image ID: 22589 Species: Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis Location: Kachemak Bay, Homer, Alaska, USA |
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| Juvenile female coastal brown bear (grizzly bear) grazes on sedge grass. Image ID: 19137 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA | Juvenile female brown bear forages for razor clams in sand flats at extreme low tide. Grizzly bear. Image ID: 19141 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA | Juvenile female coastal brown bear walks on beach. Image ID: 19164 Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska, USA |
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| A neonate gray whale calf, born just hours before, still exhbiting embryonic folds in the skin along its side. This baby gray whale was born in the cold waters of Big Sur, far to the north of the Mexican lagoons of Baja California where most gray whale births take place. Image ID: 01135 Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus Location: Monterey, California, USA | Guadalupe fur seal mother and pup. Image ID: 02440 Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico | Juvenile double-crested cormorants sparring with beaks. Image ID: 19932 Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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| Juvenile garibaldi in motion. Image ID: 02343 Species: Garibaldi, Hypsypops rubicundus Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Metridium senile anemones cover the reef below a forest of bull kelp, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. Image ID: 35289 Species: Bull kelp, Plumose anemone, Metridium senile, Nereocystis luetkeana Location: British Columbia, Canada | Metridium senile anemones cover the reef below a forest of bull kelp, Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. Image ID: 35300 Species: Bull kelp, Plumose anemone, Metridium senile, Nereocystis luetkeana Location: British Columbia, Canada |
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| White metridium anemones fed by strong ocean currents, cover a cold water reef teeming with invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. Image ID: 35333 Species: Plumose anemone, Metridium senile Location: British Columbia, Canada | White metridium anemones fed by strong ocean currents, cover a cold water reef teeming with invertebrate life. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island. Image ID: 35347 Species: Plumose anemone, Metridium senile Location: British Columbia, Canada | Juvenile blue-green chromis schooling in ocean current over hard corals, Fijii. Image ID: 31398 Species: Blue-green chromis, Chromis viridis Location: Makogai Island, Lomaiviti Archipelago, Fiji |
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