Animal House
Animal House: The Harbor Seal
Dissecting the harbor seal, 100 of which have been found dead along the New England shoreline since September.
On the heels of October’s pilot whale standings we are faced with another marine life mystery. NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, has issued a statement that there have been nearly 100 harbor seals found dead along the New England shoreline since September. The seals have been found from Southern Maine and throughout Massachusetts. This number is a significant spike in deaths over recent years. Officials, at this point, have ruled out foul play, and are looking more toward pathogens in the water or some other ecological or environmental factor. This is not the first time in New England history that a spike in harbor seal deaths has happened. A similar event took place in 1979-1980. The event of 1979 was …
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