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Wildlife Photo of the Week: Whale Feasting on Sardines

Steve Selden

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This week we chose a photo of a Bryde’s whale.

©Mark Gottlieb
©Mark Gottlieb

Photographer Mark Gottlieb captured this whale feeding on the east coast of South Africa!

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