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Title: Sea Lion With Batfish Toy. Galapagos
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A young Galapagos sea lion (Zalophus wollebaeki) holds a red-lipped batfish (Ogcocephalus darwini) in its mouth. The sea lion was using the living batfish as a toy, dropping and chasing it as it tried to escape. Punta Vincente Roca, Isabela Island, Galápagos National Park, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. East Pacific Ocean.
- Batfishes: Ogcocephalidae
- behaviour
- Bony Fishes: Osteichthyes
- East Pacific Ocean
- Ecuador
- Fishes
- Galapagos Islands
- Galápagos National Park
- Galápagos sea lion: Zalophus wollebaeki
- Isabela Island
- Marine Life
- play
- predation
- Punta Vincente Roca
- red-lipped batfish: red lip batfish: Ogcocephalus darwini
- sealion
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