#arctocephalus

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An Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) with her pups on South Georgia

by Mary Bomford

[ellaandtheocean]

Saw this fur seal on iNat the other day and felt like it should be shared on here. The pose... the expression...

Credit to macropodjoey1960 on iNaturalist.

[drhoz]

The Great ACT-NSW-NZ Trip, 2023-2024 - Shag Point

Late Cretaceous mudstones and sandstones, and bituminous coal, now eroded into headlands, a convinient natural boat harbour, and multiple unmarked mineshafts which are not convinient at all.

Māori extensively settled the area in the 15th Century, and one important tradition holds that a double-hulled trading canoe ran into a storm off the coast here, with the cargo washed ashore and petrified into the famous Matakaea boulders, and less symmetrical boulders around the point and beachs here. They're mudstone concretions, many of them formed around fossils, and in one case around a eight-meter long elasmosaur.

The point is also noteworthy for plant species more normally found in alpine and subalpine grasslands.

Shag Point, Aotearoa New Zealand

[wafinha]

Cara de neném sem ser neném 😍 Thunder. #arctocephalus #arctocephalustropicalis #zoo #zookeeper #aquario #aquarium https://www.instagram.com/p/Cak27aYJdp8qWfpCEy1YSfbWYp46tznxrvNh-E0/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Brown fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus)

Photo by Daniel Scherer

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Australasian fur seal pups (Arctocephalus forsteri) in Dunedin, Aotearoa

by Arnaud Badiane

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An Australasian fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) relaxes in the dunes of Kangaroo Island, Australia

by Arnaud Badiane

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An Australasian fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) and suckling pup on Karta Pintingga, Australia

by Charles Sharp