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Making a Good First Impression

August 29, 2015

 

Exhibiting his distinguishing facial features, a hooked-nosed sea pig (aka a grey seal) makes a good first impression on the beach-goers along Nauset Outer Beach.

 

The grey seal's Latin name is "Halichoerus grypus" meaning "hooked-nosed sea pig."

 

They are a favorite food of the great white shark. With seals numbering around 15,000 in southern Massachusetts, the National Seashore has become the go-to hunting ground for white sharks.

 

Nauset Outer Beach

Orleans, Massachusetts

Cape Cod - USA

 

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