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China: Protective Mother Seal Guards Her Baby in Guangdong

On June 21, 2025, in Guangdong Province, a gray mother seal lay beside her white-furred pup, warning nearby seals not to approach. When others came too close, she bared her teeth defensively, then gently nuzzled her baby.

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STOCKHOLM seal

A seal rests below the Swedish Riksdag in central Stockholm, Sweden, on April 7, 2025.Photo: Christine Olsson / TT / Code 10430

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Saimaa ringed seal

Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis) and a pup on ice pictured at Lake Haapavesi in Finland. LEHTIKUVA / TIMO SEPPÄLÄINEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Timo Seppäläinen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Saimaa ringed seal

Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis) and a pup on ice pictured at Lake Puruvesi in Finland. LEHTIKUVA / TIMO SEPPÄLÄINEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Timo Seppäläinen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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Saimaa ringed seal

Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis) and a pup on ice pictured at Lake Puruvesi in Finland. LEHTIKUVA / TIMO SEPPÄLÄINEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Timo Seppäläinen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-SPOTTED SEAL-BREEDING (CN)

(240301) -- DALIAN, March 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 28, 2024 shows a spotted seal pup born in 2024 at Dalian Sunasia seal breeding base in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Between November and March in the coming year is the breeding season for spotted seals, and it is also the busiest time for Dr. Luo Jun's team at the Dalian Sunasia Marine Biology Institute. "Every year, our institute breeds around 10 spotted seal pups," says Dr. Luo. During this period, Dr. Luo and his team members will test the dung for both seal mothers and pups, examine water samples, record the growth of the seals and prepare customized food when necessary. The Dalian Sunasia Marine Biology Institute, where Dr. Luo works, also serves as a provincial aquatic wildlife rescue center which accommodates rescued wild spotted seal pups. In mid-April this year, the Institute plans to release some of the rescued wild pups and artificially bred pups back into the sea. "As I watch these pups swim back t

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-SPOTTED SEAL-BREEDING (CN)

(240301) -- DALIAN, March 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 28, 2024 shows a spotted seal pup born in 2024 at Dalian Sunasia seal breeding base in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Between November and March in the coming year is the breeding season for spotted seals, and it is also the busiest time for Dr. Luo Jun's team at the Dalian Sunasia Marine Biology Institute. "Every year, our institute breeds around 10 spotted seal pups," says Dr. Luo. During this period, Dr. Luo and his team members will test the dung for both seal mothers and pups, examine water samples, record the growth of the seals and prepare customized food when necessary. The Dalian Sunasia Marine Biology Institute, where Dr. Luo works, also serves as a provincial aquatic wildlife rescue center which accommodates rescued wild spotted seal pups. In mid-April this year, the Institute plans to release some of the rescued wild pups and artificially bred pups back into the sea. "As I watch these pups swim back t

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CHINA-LIAONING-DALIAN-SPOTTED SEAL-BREEDING (CN)

(240301) -- DALIAN, March 1, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Feb. 28, 2024 shows a spotted seal pup born in 2024 at Dalian Sunasia seal breeding base in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province. Between November and March in the coming year is the breeding season for spotted seals, and it is also the busiest time for Dr. Luo Jun's team at the Dalian Sunasia Marine Biology Institute. "Every year, our institute breeds around 10 spotted seal pups," says Dr. Luo. During this period, Dr. Luo and his team members will test the dung for both seal mothers and pups, examine water samples, record the growth of the seals and prepare customized food when necessary. The Dalian Sunasia Marine Biology Institute, where Dr. Luo works, also serves as a provincial aquatic wildlife rescue center which accommodates rescued wild spotted seal pups. In mid-April this year, the Institute plans to release some of the rescued wild pups and artificially bred pups back into the sea. "As I watch these pups swim back t

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Seal pup at Osaka aquarium

OSAKA, Japan - A harbor seal pup is shown to visitors at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka's Minato Ward on April 17, 2013. The male pup, yet to be named, was born on March 24, 2013.

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Seal pup at Osaka aquarium

OSAKA, Japan - A harbor seal pup is shown to visitors at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka's Minato Ward on April 17, 2013. The male pup, yet to be named, was born on March 24, 2013.

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Seal pup at Osaka aquarium

OSAKA, Japan - A harbor seal pup is shown to visitors at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in Osaka's Minato Ward on April 17, 2013. The male pup, yet to be named, was born on March 24, 2013.

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Aquamarine Fukushima reopens

IWAKI, Japan - Yoshitaka Abe (R), director of Aquamarine Fukushima, unveils the name of a harbor seal pup at the reopening ceremony of the aquarium in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 15, 2011. The aquarium had been closed since the March 11 tsunami. Kazutoshi Arai (L), director of Kamogawa Seaworld in Chiba Prefecture where the seal pup was born, also attended the ceremony.

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Seal pup born after disaster arrives at Fukushima aquarium

IWAKI, Japan - An aquarium keeper looks on as a harbor seal pup approaches a pool at Aquamarine Fukushima in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 26, 2011. The pup was born in an aquarium in Chiba Prefecture, where his mother, Kurara, and other marine mammals were being cared after the Fukushima aquarium was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Seal pup born after disaster arrives at Fukushima aquarium

IWAKI, Japan - A harbor seal pup arrives at Aquamarine Fukushima in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 26, 2011. The pup was born in an aquarium in Chiba Prefecture, where his mother, Kurara, and other marine mammals were being cared after the Fukushima aquarium was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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Aquamarine Fukushima reopens

IWAKI, Japan - Yoshitaka Abe (R), director of Aquamarine Fukushima, unveils the name of a harbor seal pup at the reopening ceremony of the aquarium in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on July 15, 2011. The aquarium had been closed since the March 11 tsunami. Kazutoshi Arai (L), director of Kamogawa Seaworld in Chiba Prefecture where the seal pup was born, also attended the ceremony. (Kyodo)

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Seal pup born after disaster arrives at Fukushima aquarium

IWAKI, Japan - An aquarium keeper looks on as a harbor seal pup approaches a pool at Aquamarine Fukushima in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 26, 2011. The pup was born in an aquarium in Chiba Prefecture, where his mother, Kurara, and other marine mammals were being cared after the Fukushima aquarium was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)

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Seal pup born after disaster arrives at Fukushima aquarium

IWAKI, Japan - A harbor seal pup arrives at Aquamarine Fukushima in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 26, 2011. The pup was born in an aquarium in Chiba Prefecture, where his mother, Kurara, and other marine mammals were being cared after the Fukushima aquarium was damaged by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. (Kyodo)