Mary, female harbor / common seal (Pho ca vitulina, tulen obecny) from ZOO Usti nad Labem, Czech republic.
Story of the title: Last year, Mary became a mommy of adorable seal calf Jente. It was her first baby, but she was a very good mother. Unfortunately, Jente died of celebral edema - nobody knows what happened, she was simply lost. I hope that Mary and Junior (the male) will have baby again!
Jente: adorable baby, who died...
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INFO ABOUT THE ANIMAL:
Name: Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina) Location:temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern hemisphere Size: 1,8 m long body weight: 130 kg Diet: fish, shrimp, mollusks, squids, birds Conservation status: Least Concern Interesting facts: Harbor seal is the most common species of pinnipeds | females live longer than males (35 vs 25 years) | seals sleep in the water, breathing every few minutes | baby of the seal is called the pup | mother milk of the seals is extremelly fatty | they can spend 10 minutes underwater and when diving, they can reach the depth of 450 metres | in ZOOs, seals sometime die due eating coins and other things, which were thrown to their pool by stupid visitors
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