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Kōrero: Seals

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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by Rob Harcourt

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Lloyd Spencer Davis, Seals – New Zealand fur seal, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/6186/seal-biting-a-flipper (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Lloyd Spencer Davis, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.