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a worker sits inside the cast of a whale
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The Cast of a Whale

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A white crabeater seal resting on an iceberg.
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Crabeater Seal

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an elephant seal with a tracker
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Citizens of the High Seas

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A mother and calf humpback whale swim side-by-side.
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Mother and Calf

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Sea lions generate thrust, or forward propulsion, by bringing their fore-flippers together in big sweeping motions called “claps.”  When a sea lion “claps,” it stretches its flippers out to the sides and sweeps them down. Then it tucks its flippe
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Aquatic Locomotion of a Sea Lion

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A manatee swims in Crystal River, Florida.
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Florida Manatee in a Fresh Water Spring

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Photo of a man holding totoaba a vaquita caught in a net underneath.
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Vaquitas as Bycatch

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Spinner dolphins in a small inlet off the Kona coast, Hawaii.
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Spinner Dolphins

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Two polar bears at Cape Churchill in Manitoba, Canada
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Polar Bears, Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada

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Photograph from above of two right whales, one touching the tip of its mouth to the back of the other..
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Two North Atlantic Right Whales

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An illustration of a recently discovered species of Monodontid, Bohaskaia monodontoides, and its beluga and narwhale relatives
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Smithsonian Scientists Describe a 'New' Fossil Whale

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The Ross Sea is a 1.9 million square mile (3.6 million square km) stretch of ocean off the coast of Antarctica.
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A Trip South to Antarctica’s Ross Sea

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