The next stage of Nature’s recycling process – not a pretty sight! These two images show a decomposing carcass of an adult Grey Seal washed ashore at Rhossili on the Gower Peninsula. The soft tissues are disintegrating but still holding the bones together except for the loss of some small end bones from the flippers. The skull is partially exposed, showing the characteristic shape of cranium, mandible and teeth that are diagnostic and distinguishing features for this species.
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