Find out what to do when you see a harbor or
elephant seal pup alone on a beach: it can mean the difference between life and death for newborn pups.
When planning your visit right, you'll see a bunch of
fur seal pups playing at a small waterfall.
The researchers recorded breathing patterns in five grey
seal pups with free access to a small, shallow pool.
Being able to dive is what matters most
for seal pups, but how do they learn to do it?
The uncertain state of an
abandoned seal pup is discussed and the animal is fed dead fish.
Made from a soft cotton blend, this cozy 1 - piece is perfect for all - day comfort and has a
cute seal pup graphic on the front for sweet style.
Comments Off on Svalbard polar bears thrive in part due to ringed
seal pups in the spring pack ice
This paper does not document starving or dying bears but merely found some (5/9) that lost weight when they should have been gaining, given that early April is the start of the
ringed seal pupping season (Smith 1987) and the intensive spring feeding period for polar bears (Stirling et al. 1981).
Within a few months, our busy elephant seal and harbor
seal pup seasons were in full swing as well, and we were caring for a record number of patients on - site at our hospital in Sausalito, California: 291.
September 9, 2015 First Hawaiian
monk seal pup rescued from the main Hawaiian Islands is admitted to The Marine Mammal Center's Ke Kai Ola hospital in Hawaii
Nutter, F.B., Gulland, F.M.D., Beckmen, K., and DeLong, R.L. 2008 Hematology and serum biochemistry values for northern fur
seal pups from the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, San Miguel Island, California, and in rehabilitation at The Marine Mammal Center, Sausalito, California.
This morning's video - of - the - day Chicken's Fate is Sealed documents the meat industry's attempts to lower the arachidonic acid level in chicken muscles through genetic manipulation and the egg industry's attempts to lower arachidonic acid levels in hens by feeding hens blubber from baby
harp seal pups clubbed to death in the Canadian seal hunt.
In particular, northern elephant
seal pups gain 4 kg (9 lb) each day before they are weaned.
Monterey County Herald Marine Mammal Center releases rehabilitated harbor
seal pups at Pebble Beach
Other recent findings by Dr. Seguel's team include a floating debris survey and the role of sea gulls on the health and welfare of South American fur
seal pups on Guafo Island that also was funded in part by Morris Animal Foundation.
March 13, 2013 The Marine Mammal Center Helps Abandoned and
Sick Seal Pups along the Northern and Central Coast through its «Leave Seals Be» Campaign
The documentary series, which premiered July through September 2013, shines a light on our animal patients, including a
newborn seal pup named CeCe that was rescued by The Marine Mammal Center after she was found abandoned by her mom due to human interaction.
Theros, along with Faith, our first elephant
seal pup rescued in 2012, were rescued at the start of pupping season in February after being spotted alone without their moms on the beach.
In this saltwater bay, Liittschwager photographed some of the smallest and largest types of life in his book, from plankton and worm and crab larvae all the way up to a sea lion pup and this Pacific
harbour seal pup (Phoca vitulina).
That's because these gulls are wounding South American fur
seal pups as they eat the pups» feces — straight from the source, a new study reports.
Fur seal pups in this colony are often infected by hookworms, parasites that cause bloody diarrhea and are responsible for killing about a fifth of the pups each year, Seguel notes.
For example, we encounter elephant
seal pups starving to death in ice tombs created by their own body warmth, unable to reach their mothers to feed.
Fatty «milkshakes,» «fish school» and rest are the order of the day for undernourished and weak elephant
seal pups found on beaches after being separated from their mothers, likely because of the harsh winter and spring storms.
Oscar DiCaprio, a male elephant
seal pup named after the famous actor and environmentalist, was rescued last April at Oceano Dunes State Park in San Luis Obispo County, CA, by volunteers at the Marine Mammal Center.
It's the time of year
when seal pups are out on the beaches of California and they need their space.
The number of sick elephant
seal pups coming to The Marine Mammal Center in the Marin Headlands is picking up as the youngsters are turning up malnourished on beaches.
Examining the Bigger Picture While our dedicated animal care volunteers are working long hours to ensure every one of our 80 + northern fur
seal pups gets a second chance just like Zachary, our scientists are looking closely at what's happening to these animals and our ocean environment on a larger scale.
Climate warming is reducing the availability of their ice habitat, especially in the spring when polar bears gain most of their annual fat reserves by
consuming seal pups before coming ashore for the summer.
Climate warming is reducing availability of their ice habitat, especially in spring when polar bears gain most of their annual fat reserves by consuming
seal pups before coming ashore in summer.
They have their own array of video clips from the seal hunts showing
injured seal pups being handled in ways that appear to be at odds with Canadian rules.
Another highlight in her early vet years was helping to rehabilitate, rear, and release
orphaned seal pups with England's version of the ASPCA.
Using herding boards, the trained rescue volunteers maneuvered the elephant
seal pup into the large animal carrier.
No one would ever expect to be driving the rural roads between Lodi and Thornton and come across a
stranded seal pup, but it happened.
This grueling schedule is typical of our busy pupping season, which normally wouldn't start until March, when newly weaned elephant seal and harbor
seal pups begin to show up here in need of a helping hand.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Native American fishermen in Alaska have long said that
seal pups go with the wind rather than struggle against it.
Next the team plans to
simulate seal pup migrations and compare those modeled journeys with decades of wind records.
Migrating northern fur
seal pups travel hundreds of kilometers farther in blustery years than in milder years, researchers reported February 14 at the American Geophysical Union's Ocean Sciences meeting.
Physical oceanographer Noel Pelland and colleagues compared the migrations of 168
seal pups tagged in five different years from 1996 to 2015 with winds matching the pups» first migration years.
Kelp gulls eat the feces of fur
seal pups infected with hookworms, sometimes wounding the poor pups in their efforts to obtain a meal, a new study reveals.
It is not yet clear
why seal pups that go into the water do better: «Pups that put their head in the water may experience stimulation of the facial nerves, which causes a drop in heart rate.
Researchers at Plymouth University have found that spending time in pools of water
helps seal pups hold their breath for longer.
Grey seal pups that can play in pools may have better diving skills once they make the move to the sea, and this could increase their chance of survival.