A bald eagle in a tree with a small sea otter pup
Detailed Description
A bald eagle rests in a tree with a small sea otter pup it has just snatched from the water. Once pups are a few weeks older they have grown too large for eagles to lift. Female otters with very small pups often only do short foraging dives and continuously monitor and reposition their pups to keep them from being predated. Copyright photo taken by Mandy Lindeberg, NOAA
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