The Point
Defiance Zoo & Aquarium welcomed its second Pacific Harbor Seal pup in
two weeks when mom Qilak delivered a healthy baby on June 10. Another female, Shila, delivered
a pup on June 2.
Photo Credit: Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium
The pair of pups made their public
debut on June 20. Zoo keepers report
that Shila and Qilak are taking excellent care of their newborns. The newest pup weighed 22.6 pounds (10.3 kg) at birth.
In the wild, Seals feed on a wide
variety of fish. You can see mother Seal
eating fish in the video above. For now,
of course, both pups get all their nutrition through their mothers’ milk.
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