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echinoderm crustacean mollusk invertebrate mesozoan macroinvertebrate worm protochordate Protostomia schizocoelomate lophophorate annelid sponge flatworm

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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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Lion (panthera leo)

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