DATE: Saturday, March 8, 1997               TAG: 9703080232

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B1   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 

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DON`T BLOCK MY SUN!

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DREW C. WILSON/The Virginian-Pilot

Skip Wescott of the state Division of Marine Fisheries checks the

condition of a harbor seal on the beach at Nags Head on Friday. The

apparently healthy young marine mammal spent most of the day sunning

in the sand during Friday's bright weather. Wescott said it is best

to leave the animals alone if they do not appear to be in distress.

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