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Explore the taxonomy of the sea vertebrates including the cetaceans like the whales or the dolphins, the sea birds, the fish, the sharks and the sea turtles !
Black-browed albatross (Thalassarche melanophris)
Black-browed albatross
(Thalassarche melanophris)
Buller's albatross (Thalassarche bulleri)
Buller's albatross
(Thalassarche bulleri)
Grey-headed albatross (Thalassarche chrysostoma)
Grey-headed albatross
(Thalassarche chrysostoma)
Northern Royal Albatross (Diomedea sanfordi)
Northern Royal Albatross
(Diomedea sanfordi)
Wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans)
Wandering albatross
(Diomedea exulans)
Waved albatross (Phoebastria irrorata)
Waved albatross
(Phoebastria irrorata)
White-capped albatross (Thalassarche cauta steadi)
White-capped albatross
(Thalassarche cauta steadi)
Antarctic prion (Pachyptila desolata)
Antarctic prion
(Pachyptila desolata)
Cape petrel (Daption capense)
Cape petrel
(Daption capense)
Northern giant petrel (Macronectes halli)
Northern giant petrel
(Macronectes halli)
Southern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialoides)
Southern fulmar
(Fulmarus glacialoides)

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Baleine franche australe (Eubalaena australis)
Baleine franche australe
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