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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters
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Barry Island: Dog dies after being attacked on beach • Mar. 6, 2025, 4:01 AM ET (BBC)
Study finds wolves may have self-domesticated into dogs near human settlements • Mar. 1, 2025, 5:09 AM ET (Jerusalem Post)
Pembroke Dock: Dog attack leaves child in hospital • Feb. 24, 2025, 2:38 AM ET (BBC)
Dog abandoned during Hurricane Milton beats cancer and other health scare after finding forever family • Feb. 18, 2025, 5:21 AM ET (CBS)

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Also Known As Canis lupus familiaris

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Dorothy Leib Harrison Wood Eustis
Dorothy Leib Harrison Wood Eustis
American dog breeder and trainer
George H. Whipple
George H. Whipple
American pathologist
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi
shogun of Japan

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