Photo of Seal With Eel in Its Nose Goes Viral
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A picture of a seal with an eel up its nose went viral after it was posted on Facebook by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program.
A picture of a seal with an eel up its nose went viral after it was posted on Facebook by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Hawaiian Monk Seal Research Program.
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Photo Of Eel In Seal's Nose Goes Viral - The Dodo
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Endangered monk seal spotted with eel stuck up its nose.
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Eels keep getting lodged in noses of Hawaiian monk seals, and no one knows why