a juvenile western gull, Larus occidentalis watches as California sea otters or southern sea otters, Enhydra lutris nereis, bask on the beach, CA, USA

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a juvenile western gull, Larus occidentalis watches as California sea otters or southern sea otters, Enhydra lutris nereis ( threatened species ), bask on the beach at Elkhorn Slough, Moss Landing, California, United States ( Eastern Pacific ); this is the only location where Pacific sea otters are known to come ashore regularly

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Location: Moss Landing, California, USA
Photo credit: © Doug Perrine / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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