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“Hide and seek with Steller Sea Lions”. Jumping in the Vancouver Island water was an exciting and challenging experience!! The Temperature was 4°C, strong current and bad visibility. In the kelp forest which surrounds the Rocks, the atmosphere was worrying : diving conditions were tough and it was very dark at only 15 meters deep. As I could feel some shadows moving and observing me, I decided to stop moving hopping to arouse the curiosity of the pinnipeds. After a while, they became more and more confident and came out the kelp to interact with the dôme of my underwater camera, trying to nibble my fingers. Photo location: Race rock, Vancouver island, BC. (Photo and caption by Gregory Lecoeur/National Geographic Photo Contest)
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