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Baby Harp Seal on the Arctic Ice

Photo: A baby harp seal rests on the Arctic ice
A baby harp seal rests on the Arctic ice. Its mother can distinguish it from hundreds of others by scent alone.
Photograph by Norbert Rosing

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