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New Zealand Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri)Observer
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Juvenile male resting on beach
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New Zealand Sea Lion (Phocarctos hookeri)Observer
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Big male sea lion just off the beach on grassy area behind sand unes
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Australian Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus ssp. doriferus)Observer
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It’s a fur seal. However, I’m still learning to distinguish AU from long nosed fur seals in this area.
This one was doing an interesting back bend that I had to capture.
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Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina)Observer
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This is Neil the seal. Juvenile male southern elephant seal. NRE and the Marine conservation program are monitoring sightings. He is tagged and of known age, born on the Tasman peninsula. Has returned two years in a row to Tasmania for a winter haul out.
Also my study species of my PhD project so this encounter was extra special.
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Knobbed Argonaut (Argonauta nodosus)Observer
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Paper nautilus shell washed ashore at wedge island, Tasmania
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Australasian Gannet (Morus serrator)Observer
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My birder friend suggested Australasian Gannet but the pics of juveniles I’ve seen look way more mottled with white. Please help me confirm ID!
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False Black Widow (Steatoda grossa)Observer
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Hoping it’s a false widow or brown house spider
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New Zealand Octopus (Macroctopus maorum)Observer
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Magnificent encounter at low tide on the salt marsh flats at Marion Bay.
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Soldier Crab (Mictyris platycheles)Observer
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Not sure what he is, refused to burrow or scatter just stayed in place even with people walking around it
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Eleven-armed Sea Star (Coscinasterias muricata)Observer
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Washed on the beach on a hot day. Put him back in the shallows.