BBC Wildlife Magazine

GILLIAN BURKE

“I could feel blunt claws grip my arm through my thick winter wetsuit, as the view from my mask was taken up with muzzle, whiskers, and the occasional flash of some rather large canines. Were it not for my mask’s rubber covering over my nose, no doubt his warm, fishy breath would have made the experience complete as an adult male Atlantic grey seal inspected this

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