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., Eubalaena australis, natural history stock photograph, photo id 38333
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.

Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina
Image ID: 38333
Lat/Long: -42.56309, -64.31918 (Coordinates: 42° 33' 47.14" S, 64° 19' 9.05" W)
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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