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Story: Seals

Sleeping spot

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Sleeping spot

Fur seals treat human objects as part of their habitat, and this wagon at Wellington’s CentrePort provides shelter from the sun. With a layer of fur and blubber to stay warm in cool water, seals commonly become overheated on land.

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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 – New Zealand fur seal, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/7890/sleeping-spot (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Lloyd Spencer Davis, published 2 March 2009.