Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) holding a Small-eyed ray (Raja microocellata) in its flippers as it tears flesh from the fish’s underside, Cornwall, UK

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Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) using its flippers to hold a Small-eyed ray (Raja microocellata) it has just caught, as it tears flesh from the fish’s unprotected underside with its teeth, Trebetherick, Cornwall, UK, April.

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Size: 4726px × 3544px
Location: Cornwall, England, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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