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Patty, an Asian elephant kept in captivity at the Bronx Zoo stands in her enclosure alone after being separated from the zoo's other remaining elephant

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A Blue Whale swimming underwater is showing her tail fin

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A pod of killer whales on the move in the Pacific Ocean.

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A mother killer whale and her small son (soon to be big)

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