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Published: 2011-05-23 21:04:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 12090; Favourites: 638; Downloads: 394
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Description Mary, female harbor / common seal (Pho ca vitulina, tulen obecny) from ZOO Usti nad Labem, Czech republic.


Story of the title: Last year, Mary became a mommy of adorable seal calf Jente. It was her first baby, but she was a very good mother. Unfortunately, Jente died of celebral edema - nobody knows what happened, she was simply lost. I hope that Mary and Junior (the male) will have baby again!


Jente: adorable baby, who died...


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Canon 500D + Kit lens 55-250 IS
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INFO ABOUT THE ANIMAL:

Name: Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)
Location:temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern hemisphere
Size: 1,8 m long body weight: 130 kg
Diet: fish, shrimp, mollusks, squids, birds
Conservation status: Least Concern
Interesting facts: Harbor seal is the most common species of pinnipeds | females live longer than males (35 vs 25 years) | seals sleep in the water, breathing every few minutes | baby of the seal is called the pup | mother milk of the seals is extremelly fatty | they can spend 10 minutes underwater and when diving, they can reach the depth of 450 metres | in ZOOs, seals sometime die due eating coins and other things, which were thrown to their pool by stupid visitors

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Comments: 61

IamETOH [2011-05-23 21:38:08 +0000 UTC]

I remember.

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woxys In reply to IamETOH [2011-05-23 21:41:20 +0000 UTC]

me too I just read, that they still do not know what killed Jente they just know she was not attacked or so, but autopsy did not show what caused that celebral edema...

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IamETOH In reply to woxys [2011-05-23 21:43:40 +0000 UTC]

Such a sad thing to happen. But let your enjoyment of traveling to Zoos everywhere make you happy in the fact that you get to see wonderful animals and take outstanding photographs of them.

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woxys In reply to IamETOH [2011-05-24 19:11:48 +0000 UTC]

after sending my stupid final thesis to school, I am having a ZOO week now!

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IamETOH In reply to woxys [2011-05-24 21:47:44 +0000 UTC]

I hope you get some splendid photos

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theJokerSmiles [2011-05-23 21:34:56 +0000 UTC]

AWWWWWWW, I want one

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Taychimono [2011-05-23 21:34:37 +0000 UTC]

To jsi fotila mรฉho tรกtu?

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Mariku-the-Epic [2011-05-23 21:28:46 +0000 UTC]

She's so cute~ Hopefully she'll be able to have another little one.

Oh, Jente... Everytime I see the pictures of her I tear up a little, she was too precious.

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RadarFox [2011-05-23 21:17:59 +0000 UTC]

That's adorable! X3

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vegiboy3000 [2011-05-23 21:09:22 +0000 UTC]

very cute : }

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