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Male New Zealand Sea Lion (Hooker's Sea Lion) (Phocarctos hookeri) about 9-10 years old picking or scratching his nose rather delicately, Papanui Bay, Otago Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand

Maori name is Whakahao. Endangered: possibly the world's rarest sea lion, numbering around 10,000 individuals.

Papanui Bay, Otago Peninsula, Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand, Australasia

Photo ID: NZS_05409_New_Zealand_Sea_Lion_(Phocarctos_hookeri)_Papanui_Bay_Otago_Peninsula_NZ_October_30_CrsEA

Photo size: 29.9 Mpixels (85.6 MB uncompressed) - 6720x4453 pixels (22.4x14.8 in / 56.9x37.7 cm at 300 ppi)

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