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Weddell seal and her young pup

Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) and her young pup

A Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) and her young pup. During the breeding season, females rearing their pups gather in colonies along cracks in the ‘fast ice’ – sea ice adjacent to land or ice shelves that is continuous except for small cracks caused by tidal action.

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