ZooBorns — Aquarium of the Pacific

Seal Welcomes Third Pup at Aquarium of the Pacific

Posted by Andrew Bleiman on

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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...

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