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	<img alt="" src="{filedir_5}Girl-with-whale-shrunk-200pxl.jpg" style="width: 200px; height: 109px; float: right;" />Few species arouse as much human interest, curiosity and empathy as large mammals, and few large mammals have proved so enduringly fascinating to peoples as those in marine environments; cetaceans (whales and dolphins), pinnipeds (seals and sea lions) and sirenians (manatees and dugongs). Such creatures are not only the object of scientific study, but the actors and principals in human legend, literature, economics, politics and folklore. What better array of mammals to feature in its own course?&nbsp;</p>
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	At Au Sable, we bring the study of these fascinating creatures together in&nbsp;<a href="{filedir_11}courses/course_information/summer_session_ii_pacific_rim/#Marine%20Mammals">Marine Mammals</a>, taught at our Pacific Rim Campus on Whidbey Island in Puget Sound.</p>
