Around
noon the seal mum gave birth to her pup. The last phase of the birth
took more than two hours until the umbilical cord between mum and pup
was finally torn. After nosing each other and suckling for the first
time, both are exhausted from the strenuousness of the birth. Now,
closely cuddled together, they take a short afternoon nap to
regenerate. |
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