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Crabeater Seal, Lobodon carcinophaga




Crabeater seal. Crabeaters are perhaps the "second most numerous large species of mammals on Earth, after humans" with populations of around 50 million. The crabeater eats krill - hence the pinky orange colour on the snow. I thought first it was blood - now i'm not so sure.

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