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DANGEROUS MARINE ANIMALS 



Fig. 86. Top: Bearded Seal, Erignathus barbatus (Erxleben). Bottom: 

 Australian Sea Lion, Neophoca cinerea (Peron). 



MARINE MAMMALS 



Several species of marine mammals have been incriminated in 

 human intoxications. 



Polar Bear, Thalarctos maritimus Phipps. Ranges throughout 

 the Arctic regions of the world. Numerous poisonings have resulted 

 from eating the liver and kidneys of polar bears. The predominant 

 symptoms are intense throbbing or dull frontal headaches, nausea, 

 vomitfng, diarrhea, abdominal pain, dizziness, drowsiness, irrit- 

 ability, collapse, photophobia, and convulsions. Fatalities are rare. 



