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Staying Strong and Surviving: Fur Seal Pups

In Staying Strong and Surviving: Fur Seal Pups, narrator Gordon Buchanan describes how a baby seal faces danger and risks getting separated from its mother on an island in the South Atlantic. Additionally, large bull seals fight in their midst, trampling baby seals. Fortunately, the battered pup survives and uses scent and sound to find its mother again. This video is excerpted from BBC's Animal Babies, a heartwarming show that follows the first breaths, first steps, and first feeds of some adorable baby animals, revealing the challenges they face to survive in some of the toughest but most beautiful places on the planet.
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Location:
South Atlantic Ocean
Grades:
K-23-5
Program:
Animal Babies
Time:
3:57
Subject:
Science
Topic:
Life Science

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Q: Why does the fur seal pup have to spend several months on land?
A: It needs to build up its strength for life in the sea.

Q: What dangers do the pups have to beware of?
A: They can easily get lost in the crowd and separated from their mother; male seals fight in their midst, and they could be trampled.

Q: How does the pup manage to find its mother in the crowd?
A: It is able to pick out her unique scent and follow it. It recognizes her calls among the many others.

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