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I know i am big but didnt think i resembled a seal this one followed me, notice the grey coat which is its first adult coat Mum has left now,
I was trying to photograph another pair of seals and felt this nudge in the side i was like no dont be a bull and there was this seal, who flopped across the beach after me, the wardens thought it was funny she has been tagged with an electronic tag and it will show just where she goes
the seals arent resident at Donna Nook they just breed there some go as far as the top of Scotland to around Cornwall and Devon
she will eat 5kg of fish a day she will also eat lobster and crabs
I was a bit sad to say goodbye lol
Elephant-seal, the Proboscis Seal, or Sea-elephant, the largest of the seal family (Phocidæ). There are probably two species, one (Macrorhinus angustirostris) found only on the coast of California and Western Mexico, the other (Macrorhinus leoninus) found in Patagonia, Kerguelen Island, Heard's Island, and other parts of the Southern Seas. They vary in length from 12 to 30 feet, and in girth at the chest from 8 to 18 feet. The proboscis of the male is about a foot long when the creature is at rest, but elongates under excitement. The females have no proboscis and are considerably smaller than the male. Both species are becoming rare owing to the wholesale slaughter of them which takes place.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia 1922
Bilden av knubbsälen (Phoca vitulina) tagen från en båt utanför Lerwick, Shetland.
(Picture taken near Lerwick, Shetland.)
I was told by a volunteer that this Hawaiian Monk Seal is known as 912/Nihoa. She is currently pregnant and has given birth once in 2012 and in 2013.
We sometimes saw large groups of Southern Elephant Seals lying together on the beach, seeming to be asleep relatively close to each other. Some of them would throw sand into the air. Others seemed to be having a bad dream and would roll over quickly. This often resulted in a collision with a neighboring seal, which would cause a commotion for about 30 seconds until everyone settled down again. These seals were at Saint Andrews on South Georgia Island.
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If you want this picture for anti-captivity purposes, then don´t ask me because the answer will be NO.