Seagull picks skin off a southern right whale, Eubalaena australis

Seagull picks skin off a southern right whale, leaving a lesion that may become infected and which scientists have shown to be stressful to young calves. Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina, Eubalaena australis, natural history stock photograph, photo id 38332
Seagull picks skin off a southern right whale, leaving a lesion that may become infected and which scientists have shown to be stressful to young calves. Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina

Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina
Image ID: 38332
Format: Digital 2:3
Keywords: animalia, argentina, artiodactyla, balaenidae, ballena, cetacea, chordata, chubut, eubalaena australis, golfo nuevo, mammalia, patagonia, peninsula valdes, puerto piramides, valdes peninsula
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