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Australian Sea-lion (Neophoca cinerea) Seal Bay Conservation Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia

Steven David Miller

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A male Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) suns himself on a bed of seaweed at Kangaroo Island’s Seal Bay Conservation Park (South Australia). This species is an eared seal and due to heavy hunting in the 19th century almost became extinct; it is now listed as Endangered and is one of the rarest species on earth.

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