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Wednesday 16 January 2008

Breeding Like... Seals


The population of Grey Seals has gone up in some places. Many more pups have been born than usual.

The pups were born on the German island of Heliogland. They have had plenty of fish to eat in the North Sea and no predators on the island. 'Tis a perfect habitat.

The number of pups this breeding season has leaped from 32 to 55. They are now being tagged so that Scientists can find out more about the mammals and find out what they get up to in their five or six years out at sea.

This is brilliant news, don't you think? Please comment. Thank you.

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