The harp seal or saddleback seal is a species of earless seal native to the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and parts of the Arctic Ocean. The harp seal has a silvery-gray body. Its eyes are pure black.
It looks like it's looking for its mom that's why it's moving everywhere and making that sound to each mom awwwwwwwww. At the end it seemed like it was crying. So sad
Yes, i think you're right. At the end,there seemed to be lines coming from its eyes going down its fur on the face. It didnt have those lines at the beginning
I agree with many other commenters that the woman should not have touched the pup. Most other professionals have a hands-off approach to filming and do not interfere with wildlife unless they have decided they need to rescue an abandoned or hurt animal and will take it to the appropriate care facilities. I was not impressed with the people involved in filming this video. Even regular people know not to touch wildlife unless it is hurt or they can save them from harm caused by humans: fishing nets, garbage, fishing lines, etc., or if the wildlife is stranded and people can help, but not for the pleasure of solely petting them or other physical affection.
A few observations: 1) First & foremost, I commend you on your choice in music. It is exquisite. I can't think of another piece of music that says, "Harp seal pup desperately searches for milk" any better than this piece of foreign magic you have playing in the background. Trust me...the last thing I want to hear while watching a nature documentary is to hear the sounds of real animals along with sounds of...well...you know...nature. Now, for those who have yet to pick up on my sarcasm, the music is beyond terrible...is distracting...and is another example of a YT poster who is kind of enough to share a visually satisfying video, but somehow is convinced that adding background music is more desirable than just letting the video play with the sounds of nature. Let nature be. The sounds made by the living things in this world are just as beautiful as the visuals we see. 2) A few questions and/or comments: -- At approximately the 4:10 mark, is that the sound of a helicopter in the background? My speakers are on the blink a bit, so I'm not 100% sure. If it is a helicopter that I here, is that what mom seal is screaming about as she's looking skyward a bit and yelling at the top of her lungs? If so, is it the sound/sight of the helicopter that has her screaming (I'm thinking similar to dogs and sirens/alarms that always have them howling to drown out the sound due to the sensitivity of their hearing)? -- A few people mentioned that they believe the pup to be abandoned and that the adult seal we see fairly constantly around the pup is not her mom. I beg to differ. After seeing so many videos on seals, especially with regard to mating, giving birth, and the raising of the pup, I've seen enough to tell me that if that particular seal was not mom, she would not only have absolutely nothing to do with this pup, but she would actually treat it with a great deal of hostility (assuming that if she's not the mom, but did give birth this season to her own pup). Female moms are incredibly territorial, so even the sight of a pup waltzing through their territory will have the female mom in that pup's face instantly,. She will growl/yell at the pup, and do physical harm to the pup as she pushes it out of her territory. Now, if a foreign pup actually managed to get close enough to try and suckle, once that mom sees it, it's game over. I've seen female moms push pups down hills and off of cliffs due to their hostility during this time of year. In the video, you do see where the female attempts to roll on her side (however, she's apparently so fat, so lazy, or a combination of the two, that she can't seem to maintain the position for pup feeding), and the pup does make some short incidental contact with the suckle zone (I'm sorry...I just can't say 'tit', 'teat' or 'nipple.' For whatever reason, each of those words is just too 'clinical' sounding, and just weird in general. I guess you can see I'm not the most mature individual here...lol). -- At the end of the video, when the pup is alone, is he sucking his own thumb/paw in an attempt to suckle? If so, that is just incredibly sad. -- Lastly, I''m still sticking with my theory that the female adult is the pup's mom. Like I said, she would have no interaction at all with a foreign pup. Seals have a very short mom-to-pup feeding period, at least in comparison to most other mammals. It's a matter of, at most, four (4) weeks (which is how long for the weddell seal. Other seal species are much shorter...some as little as 12 to 14 days), and sometimes, due to circumstances, can be as little as two or three weeks. Obviously, when this happens, the pup is undernourished and undersized, as a result. In general, seals are just not the best mothers, as nature goes. They are a bit aloof at times. The female also experiences a great deal of physically demanding and exhausting labors during her life. For example, for most other seal species, the alpha male impregnates the female immediately after she gives birth to her current pup. Immediately as in the day after. So, here is what she is dealing with...impregnated again just having completed the one year gestation period from her current pup...attempting to physically recover from her just finished exhausting and nutrient-depleting labor period from birthing her new pup...having to constantly put off the advances, or give in to, the constant demands for rough and physical sex with the alpha male...working under pressure to constantly produce enough milk for her pup...and...if all that is not enough, she is at the tail-end of a period of days-to-weeks of no nutrition as she ceased to eat once she hit the beachfront to settle in and prepare for the birth of her pup (for some, it could be several days before birth actually occurs). When you take all of these pressures on the seal mom, it's easy to see how she could seem to be a bad mother. For the 50% or so of pups who will not make it one year, most will die from either malnutrition, disease and/or predation. These scenarios happen mostly because the mother is absent at times during the pups early days. Because the mother has not eaten and is now responsible for both herself and her pup, she finds her milk has dried up quickly due to her own lack of nutrients. Because of this, she is forced to abandon her pup on the beachfront as she returns to the waters to feed, often for several days at a time. The pups are forced to wait behind for mom for several reasons...their youth/inexperience...their inability to fish/feed themselves...their lack of knowledge regarding ocean predation...their lack in ability to swim (to swim as a seal can, anyway)...their lack of endurance in the ocean...and their inability to swim in the ocean or dive below the surface due to the fur coat they are initially covered with at birth, etc. It's not that seal moms are bad; it's really just all of the circumstances above that make it difficult to serve the needs of herself, her pup and the fat, disgusting alpha male that is just one bit roll of fat and constantly demands sex from his entire harem.. Note: most of what I shared is not exemplified by the weddell seal. It is mostly the life-cycle of the fur seal.
Don’t touch the baby harp seal,it’s not ok to interfere with wildlife and touching it will remove the special smell that they have so that the mothers can identify if the baby seal is her’s
It's mother was scared off in the beginning of the video by these people. No matter how much these people may think they 'love' these animals, that will not put warm milk into that pups belly.
@@bruhm4571 Fact: this seals has not 10 days. Lots of pup seals die starving because their mothers run away scared by people and never go back. If you love seals stay away from pup. It's not fucking difficult to understand.
@@GiudiziUnniversali Bud, the real harm is that if you carry it away too far, the mother may not find the pup, they will still recognize their pup by their cries and scent, even if it did witness you touch it, it'd probably chase you away
@@bruhm4571 marine mammal rescue centers think differently than you do. Because they say exactly what I wrote earlier (which I learned from reading their articles). And their job is to rescue baby seals abandoned by their mothers primarily. I think that's to be trusted. I'll leave you a few names if you are interested to learn more or you don't believe my words: Donna Nook Seals, the Cornish Seal Sanctuary, Seal Rescue Ireland, Marine Mammal Rescue Centre. DON'T TOUCH PUPS IF YOU LOVE SEALS.
Selfish film crew. These babies have it hard enough to retain a mother with you weakening their chances by rubbing your scent all over them to satisfy your need to desire to rub them. 😡
SisckoImper it’s not true. the human scent thing is a hoax, but it is still illegal to touch a harp seal. It is also dangerous since there is a risk it will bite you. While I agree it was selfish, it only breaks the law and puts yourself at danger.
La musica de este video es muy bonita, apoyo la labor de los proteccionistas, estos animalitos son lo mas preciado, entre todos debemos corroborar para su debida proteccion, 3:45 que adorable union familiar, me encanta... ;)
i clicked on this video to watch happy fun time babbie harp seals havin a good time not orphaned harp seal babie is in clear distress as he searches frantically for his mama n tries to get fed by other seal mamas
I mean seriously. These animals find a safe place to give birth and be with their young a short while before separating from them and here you all come in being all invasive and entitled like you are supposed to be there watching this happen. Wake up you are not. Giving birth is stressful enough and now they have to do it in front of you. Shame on you all.
The music just doesn't do the video any justice. That looks like such a tough life, but if they could see the way we live, they might think humans have a tough tough life
You people in the comment sections screaming about " they shouldn't touch the baby" and "you scared the mother away, so the pup will die" need to remember that YOU ARE NOT EXPERTS. YOU SIMPLY ARE NOT. You need to stfu, and let people who ARE experts in the field do their work and have a little fun. I highly, HIGHLY doubt these people created some disruption that will end the entire population of harp seals' lives. Lighten up, and enjoy the video. Climb down off your soapbox, and stop holding yourselves out to be something you aren't.
First, I was going to post to say how awful and distracting the background music is for the viewer. Why anyone ever thinks that some awful, synthesized music is somehow better than just listening to nature while in its element is beyond me. The music comment was all I was going to mention, that is until I viewed other parts of the video. Why are the individuals on this voyage touching the wild animals? There is a video segment with an individual lying down next to the seal pup, stroking its backside. To me, this is a violation of basic human/nature observing and viewing. Now, if these are scientists who are doing actual work to advance our knowledge, then touching the animal while interacting is understandable. However, this was a person who didn't appear to have anything of science merit. This appeared to be somebody who wanted to 'pet the cute animal.' The credible touring companies of the poles insist on not only NEVER touching an animal (if possible), but they keep a 5' distance from all wildlife. Touching most wildlife is not only disruptive, but could have fatal consequences. Lastly, and while still on this topic, I could not believe how upset, confused and angry mom seal was while the helicopter took off from a seemingly close distance to her pup. This type of noise pollution has been shown to have fatal consequences in some areas, with certain species. Parents of young offspring have been frightened away permanently from nests, burrows, under the sea, from ice, etc. To me, this whole trip displayed in this video is almost shameful.
nice african music.. Fits very well.. Anyway "the harp seal has a silvery-gray body. Its eyes are pure black." And the crew are idiots for filming, presenting , and finding this tragedy cute ..
VassilisArt What tragedy? The mother leaves her young temporary to go reproduce and comes back to feed the pup. Then abandons the pup after two weeks to survive on its own terms.
We booked our flights ourselves and 5 days tour was organized by Hotel Château Madelinot in Iles de la Madeleine. They have complete pakkage for four or five days full board inc. watching harp seals by heli’s . I advise take pakket minimum for five days Where do you live?
