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Make:Canon
Model:Canon EOS 500D
Shutter Speed:1/500 second
Aperture:F/5.0
Focal Length:131 mm
ISO Speed:1600
Date Taken:Sep 8, 2010, 4:13:17 PM

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Photography / Animals, Plants & Nature / Aquatic Life

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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