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Seal biting a flipper

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Seal biting a flipper

As fur seal and human populations expand, their territories overlap. The seals are not shy of people, and tend to be interested in novel objects such as this diver’s flipper.

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Lloyd Spencer Davis, Seals – New Zealand fur seal, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/6186/seal-biting-a-flipper (accessed 10 June 2026).

Story by Lloyd Spencer Davis, published 2 March 2009.