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Topic Categories: Animalia • Image of the Day • Mammals
Posted on: October 3, 2008 2:59 PM, by "GrrlScientist"
tags: Gray Seal, Halichoerus grypus, Wildlife of Scotland, Image of the Day
Image: Dave Rintoul, Summer 2008 [larger view].
Gray Seal, Halichoerus grypus, at the ferry dock in Uig (Isle of Skye, Scotland).
The translation of the scientific name for this species is "hook-nosed sea pig".
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Comments
Can you put lipstick on a sea pig?
Posted by: RM | October 3, 2008 3:17 PM
you can try .. and i'd like to be there with a video camera!
Posted by: "GrrlScientist" | October 3, 2008 3:20 PM