According to Marine Mammals of Maine, harp seals are born in the Arctic in February and March on pack ice and are nursed on high-fat milk for 12 days, so a pup from this species in our region is rare.

A recently weaned harp seal pup swims in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Female harp seals give birth on ice. For two weeks, pups build up fat reserves, enabling them to be weaned from their mothers, to ...

Cuteness can shift moods and lower cortisol, and science backs it up. Looking at baby animals, like a seal pup blinking on a ...

Seal pup season beginning along NW coast, experts say watch from a distance. By Joanna Wilson. ... They depend on that stored body fat to survive foraging on their own as they become more independent.

However, if a young pup is onshore alone the mother may not return if humans are too close. "Seal pups often double in size from birth in 4-6 weeks on a regular diet of mother’s milk with 40% ...

Two female seals – including one harp species – were found with grisly injuries, while a male pup was emaciated, the outlet said. 4 A female seal pup was found in Ocean City this week.

Adult harp seals are rare along New Jersey’s shoreline. ... Fifteen seals are currently in rehabilitation, including a grey seal pup that was rescued from Island Beach State Park on April 5.