We head away from land onto the ice floes of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where thousands of harp seals are giving birth to tiny yellow pups. The adults have come so far south from their feeding grounds that this forms a unique oasis away from their main predator, the polar bear. But there’s a catch. From the minute the pups are born, they enter a race against time. In one of the shortest mammal weaning periods, the pups have just 10 days to drink all the milk possible and start swimming before their mothers abandon them on melting ice. Our changing climate means the stakes couldn’t be higher. If the ice melts before they learn to swim, this generation of pups will drown.
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The Harp Seal’s Race Against Time – Ep. 5 | Wildlife: The Big Freeze
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Once they are born, harp seal pups have only 10 days under their mother's care before they are abandoned. What are your thoughts on this race against time?
7:29 I understood their eye language…that look to her baby 😭
9:24 now I’m gonna cry for this for a while
so the mom went to buy milk 😂 instead of the father 😂
I find it pretty crazy how the mother seems to get aggressive towards the other seals, yet will let her baby paddle its way to humans, she even looks curious towards them too, swimming rather close to them and everything
I have no words to describe how fascinating this is . Its the story of a seal pup, its the story of our survival, the earths survival too.
You are gorgeous and I love the suit! But that little cotton ball is stealing my attention and heart! 👱♂️🦭❤👩🏻🦳
The race to stop Canada from clubbing to death millions of baby seals! I hate Canada!
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A few more 2017s, this bundle of cuteness will live only online and in zoos.
Narrator starts counting down
STOP I'M ALREADY EMOTIONALLY ATTACHED TO THIS SEAL!!!
Me when watching a nature documentary:
Doc: You see this baby seal?
Me: Yes.
Doc: You are emotionally attached to it now.
Me: 😍
Doc: This seal is now in mortal peril!!
Me: Oh no 😭
Nice propaganda! Cute seals!!!
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Nature has no compassion for its creatures. Compassion is a quality that humans possess – or don't.
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I love harp seals🦭
OH MY GOD I LOVE SEALS S MUCH PLEASE I WANT TO LIVE WITH THEM
In 2017 entire year's pup drowned overnight….let that sunk in.
Goober
Ok I thought they just gonna get some zoom up shots of the baby seal in the water but that moment when the baby used him as a floaty was magical and I'm just watching the video… Imagine actually being there.
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I loveee big sausage also it sounds like dog 😂
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I’d like to see my experiment done next time you’re filming killer whales. Take an underwater speaker and play a musical instrument piece of music for them. The music I would play would be Bolero.
I hope that the world will realize the beauty of nature. I hope that the world will actively protect these creatures. Currently in Asia, we are experiencing one of the hottest temperature ever. It’s very alarming if we stop to think about it. I hope that bright minds will gather to protect them.
I wish it was just as simple as adding wind and solar power
The colors of existence is amazing
Good
Winter is coming
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