Say Cheese! Baby Fur Seal Opens Wide for the Camera

04/17/2012 at 09:00 AM EDT

Say Cheese! Baby Fur Seal Opens Wide for the Camera
Sergey Kokinskiy/REX/REX USA
Hurry up and take my picture!

Russian photographer Sergey Kokinskiy says capturing a jaw-dropping moment like this is a lot like hunting. "But the reward is not the cooled carcass, nor an innocent animal," he says, "and the resulting portrait may please and surprise many people who never get a chance to see these creatures."

The fur seal's reward for providing the awesome photo? A nap on a nearby rock!

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