Newborn Harbor Seal Pup and Western Seagull, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Newborn harbor seal pup watches a Western seagull approach. The gull is trying to pick at placenta on the sandy beach as the seal pup, born just moments before, watches and tries to understand what is going on. Within an hour of being born, this pup had learned to nurse and had entered the ocean for its first swim. La Jolla, California, USA