Newborn Harbor Seal Pup and Placenta Emerging from Mother, Pacific Harbor Seal

A newborn harbor seal pup rests alongside its mother, as placenta is born from the mother just a few moments after the pup was born. Within an hour of being born, this pup had learned to nurse and had entered the ocean for its first swim. La Jolla, California, USA, Phoca vitulina richardsi, natural history stock photograph, photo id 39110
A newborn harbor seal pup rests alongside its mother, as placenta is born from the mother just a few moments after the pup was born. Within an hour of being born, this pup had learned to nurse and had entered the ocean for its first swim. La Jolla, California, USA

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Species: Pacific harbor seal, Phoca vitulina richardsi
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 39110
Format: Digital 2:3
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