ZooBorns — Aquarium of the Pacific
Seal Welcomes Third Pup at Aquarium of the Pacific
Posted by Andrew Bleiman on
The Aquarium of the Pacific is pleased to announce that one of their Harbor Seals, named Shelby, gave birth to a pup on April 20. Shelby is one of the Aquarium’s original animals and was two-years-old when the nonprofit facility opened in 1998.
Most seals give birth to young starting at four to five-years-of-age. So at twenty-two years old, Shelby is considered a mature mom. This is her third...