A newborn harbor seal pup, only a few minutes old, peeks over its mother who is resting after having just given birth. The pup is nuzzling and smelling its mothers belly, looking for mammary glands so that it can nurse. Within an hour of being born, this pup had learned to nurse and had entered the ocean for its first swim.
Species: Pacific Harbor Seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 39120
Lat/Long: 32.84756, -117.27852 (Coordinates: 32° 50' 51.23" N, 117° 16' 42.68" W)
Format: Digital 2:3
Species: Pacific Harbor Seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 39120
Lat/Long: 32.84756, -117.27852 (Coordinates: 32° 50' 51.23" N, 117° 16' 42.68" W)
Format: Digital 2:3
Keywords: animal, animalia, baby, beach, birth, california, caniformia, carnivora, carnivore, casa cove, childrens pool, chordata, coast, creature, harbor seal, la jolla, la jolla seals, mammal, mammalia, marine mammal, nature, newborn, ocean, pacific harbor seal, phoca, phoca vitulina richardsi, phocid, phocidae, pinniped, pinnipedia, pup, richardii, richardsi, san diego, seal, usa, vertebrata, vertebrate, vitulina, wildlife, young
Categories:
- Animal > Pinniped > Harbor Seal > La Jolla Seal Controversy
- Location > USA > California > San Diego > La Jolla Seals / Childrens Pool
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