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pine tree layered with moss - walked along the edge of of Lake Redoubt ever mindful of the mother bear and her two 2-year old cubs' daybed that live near the the Tongass Forest Service Lake Redoubt weir dam
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trees laden with mosses and lichens in the temperate rainforest alongside Redoubt Bay - shade provided by the trees is essential for the salmon a keystone species.
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Tongass Forestry Service weir dam at the Lake Redoubt fresh water output monitoring the wild sockeye salmon run
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Southeast Alaska's changeable weather moves always to precipitation - temperate rainforest
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I was hoping to see a special rock in her forepaws - a sea otter is the only marine animal that catches fish with its forepaws versus its teeth/mouth
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sea otters have a flexible skeleton and can groom all their fur which is essential for them to stay warm
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female sea otter - a male bites the female's nose during mating leaving it bloody and scarred
