An Antarctic fur seal giving birth, or ‘pupping” at Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island. A female fur seal is pregnant for about a year, then gives birth to a single pup. About a week after birth she becomes sexually receptive and mates, and the reproductive cycle begins anew.
Photo Category: Fisheries - Marine Mammals - Pinniped
Photo Location: Antarctica, Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island
Photo Date: 1999 austral summer
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