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Alaskan or Northern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) mother with pup. Pup is eating food its mother has retrieved from the ocean floor. The pup is still too young to dive and is just starting to eat solid food. The mother when diving for food and leaving the pup floating on the surface will always come and touch the pup between dives.
©Tom & Pat Leeson
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