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An Antarctic fur seal giving birth, or 'pupping at Cape Shirreff, LivingstonIsland. A female fur seal is pregnant for about a year, then gives birth to asingle pup. About a week after birth she becomes sexually receptive and mates, and the reproductive cycle begins anew.
Credit
NOAA NMFS SWFSC Antarctic Marine Living Resources (AMLR) Program
Photographer
Dr. Mike Goebel
Display Date
1999 austral summer
Location
Antarctica, Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island
Collection
Fisheries
NOAA Affiliation
NOAA NMFS SWFSC