Seals crowd onto rocks May 29 2008
Earth-Touch filmed thousands of Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) packed into the rocky outcrop that is the Cape Cross seal reserve in Namibia.
There are more than 300 000 seals in colonies along the Namibian and South African coasts.
While some adults rested on the smooth, warm rocks, occasionally scratching themselves sleepily, others swam in the waves of the Atlantic Ocean. Meanwhile, some of the seal pups moved about in the crowd, calling for their mothers. Apparently they recognise each other’s individual voices and smells.
In the Earth-Touch clip, Seals bask on warm rocks, you can hear the din they make and see how the animals are transformed from streamlined swimmers, rolling, diving and floating in the water, to fat, awkwardly waddling creatures on land.
Image © Earth-Touch 2008
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