Wednesday 5 December 2012

Cape Cross Seal Colony


Visited the seal colony near Cape Cross and this time of year the seals have all given birth or close to giving birth.  The beach was covered with mother seals and their young while the males were in the water keeping a close eye.   I found it very emotional to see the abandoned baby seals who did not survive.

I was overwhelmed by the sheer volume of seals on the beach and the overpowering smell and noise they generated, I felt like I needed a shower to get the final residual of eau de seal off me.




1 comment:

  1. Far out! So many. That's very sad about the ones who are abandoned :-(

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