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Story: Seals

Male New Zealand fur seal

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Male New Zealand fur seal

Sinclair Head near Wellington is a haul-out site for males not involved in breeding, where they rest between trips to sea to feed. Large males need to eat around 10 kilograms of fish, squid and octopus a day.

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP-Zoology-Seals-01

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Lloyd Spencer Davis, Seals – Seal watching, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/6178/male-new-zealand-fur-seal (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Lloyd Spencer Davis, published 2 March 2009.