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Baby seal A fur seal colony at Duiker Island, South Africa Fur seal underwater at Agulhas Bank Cape Cross colony, Namibia. The African fur seal inhabits the southern and southwestern coast of Africa, from Cape Cross, Namibia to around the Cape of Good Hope and from Black Rocks, near Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape province. [3]
Fur seals are any of nine species of pinnipeds belonging to the subfamily Arctocephalinae in the family Otariidae.They are much more closely related to sea lions than true seals, and share with them external ears (), relatively long and muscular foreflippers, and the ability to walk on all fours.
Cape Cross is a protected area owned by the government of Namibia under the name Cape Cross Seal Reserve. The reserve is the home of one of the largest colonies of Cape fur seals in the world. [4] Cape Cross is one of two main sites in Namibia (the other is in Lüderitz) where seals are culled, partly for selling their hides
Cape Town, home to dozens of beaches and a coastline extending over 300 kilometers (186 miles), harbors thousands of Cape fur seals, a seal species native to southern Africa.
In a recent trip to Namibia, photographer Gordon Donovan visited Cape Cross in the Skeleton Coast, the home of the largest colonies of Cape fur seals in the world. It is nicknamed “the Smelliest ...
Guadalupe fur seal Arctocephalus townsendi (Merriam, 1897) Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Juan Fernández fur seal Arctocephalus philippii (Peters, 1866) Size: Habitat: Diet: LC Galápagos fur seal Arctocephalus galapagoensis (Heller, 1904) Galápagos Islands: Size: Male: 150–160 cm (59–63 in) long; 60–68 kg (132–150 lb)
Seal Island (formerly known as Witte Klip, meaning "White Rock") is a small land mass located 5.7 kilometres (3.5 miles) off the northern beaches of False Bay, near Cape Town in South Africa. The island is so named because of the great number of Cape fur seals that occupy it. It is 5 acres (2.0 hectares) in area and home to 64,000 cape fur ...
From 2005 to 2015, Namibia has exported nearly 400,000 seal skins. Along with Canada and Greenland, Namibia is one of the last places where seals are hunted for commercial purposes. The country has set an annual hunt quota of 80,000 Cape fur seal pups and 6,000 bulls. [4]