Suzi Eszterhas / Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) stranding supervisor, Halley Werner, carrying three week old orphaned pup, Alaska SeaLife Center, Seward, Alaska
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Martin Camm / Carwardine / Illustration of magnetic fields and dolphins stranding (Wildlife Art Company).
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Dave Watts / Dead Long finned pilot whales {Globicephala malaena} stranded on beach, Australia
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Tui De Roy / Blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) and Magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) following the tuna-hunting sea lion into the shallows, sometimes stranding themselves whilst hunting. A group...
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Tony Wu / Blue sea slug (Glaucus atlanticus) approaching the venom-filled tentacles of a Indo-Pacific Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia utriculus). Both were washed ashore as part of a mass, multi-day stranding o...
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Tony Wu / Blue sea slug (Glaucus atlanticus) that was washed ashore with a mass, multi-day stranding of thousands of Indo-Pacific Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia utriculus). This species predates Portuguese man...
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Tony Wu / Top-down view of an Indo-Pacific Portuguese Man-of-War (Physalia utriculus). This is one of many thousands that were part of a mass stranding in South Africa. Atlantic ocean.
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Terry Whittaker / Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) female 'Spritie' with sunburn after stranding, Moray Firth, Highlands, Scotland. August.
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Suzi Eszterhas / Northern Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) orphaned pup, aged 3 months, being lifted by Halley Werner, Stranding Supervisor, out of enclosure, Alaska Sea Life Center, Seward, Alaska, USA. September 2014.
Franco Banfi / Mass stranding of Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas) on shore of Baja California, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean. These mass strandings are thought to be caused by 'red tides' or build ups of toxic algae.
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Franco Banfi / Mass stranding of Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas) on shore of Baja California, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean. These mass strandings are thought to be caused by 'red tides' or build ups of toxic algae.