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A Beautiful Dermal Defense
Alyssa Gehman
Category: Environment/Other
A male Otaria flavescens and two Larus dominicanus taking a rest in the midday sun on a sandy oasis surrounded by 3 kilometers of Patagonian sea in all directions. This is a marine protected area called Bahia de San Antonio.