Caption

Sick, young harbour seal (Phoca vitulina vitulina) lying exhausted on a beach with sand and pebbles, dying, blood on the mouth and on the ground, fatal infection with lungworms (Metastrongyloidea), Helgoland, Insel Düne, North Sea, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Europe

Date

Sep 05, 2017

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Carola Vahldiek

Reference

BRK25B32_471

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

25.9Mb (1.5Mb) / 12.3in x 8.2in / 3680 x 2456 (300dpi)

Keywords

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