California sea lion cancer necropsy (IMAGE)

The Marine Mammal Center

California sea lion cancer necropsy

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The Marine Mammal Center's Chief Pathologist Dr. Padráig Duignan (right) and Pathology Fellow Dr. Maggie Martinez (left) make initial surgical cuts during a necropsy, or animal autopsy, on a diseased California sea lion that was humanely euthanized due to untreatable cancer.

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Bill Hunnewell © The Marine Mammal Center

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