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Also Known As	Orectolobiformes

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spotted wobbegong (Orectolobus maculatus)

Zebra shark, Stegostoma fasciatum, with a long tail and spotted body, swimming among yellow fish in a green aquarium tank at the Seaquarium of Grau-du-Roi, France.

Zebra shark (Stegostoma fasciatum) with a long tail and spotted body swims above a coral reef in clear blue water off the coast of Krabi, Thailand.

Indonesian speckled carpet shark (Hemiscyllium freycineti)

varied, or necklace, carpetshark (Parascyllium variolatum)

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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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Mute swan with cygnet. (birds)

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