• fiat_lux
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    910 months ago

    For anyone who wants more photos of the sweet little baby, more real information or just less business insider: https://www.alaskasealife.org/news_item/176

    The Alaskan Sealife Centre is a registered charity, and their rescue operations are expensive. Consider supporting their good work if you like it.

  • @dragonflyteaparty
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    410 months ago

    Holy crap. One month old and 200 pounds. I forget how big these creatures are.

    • Nate
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      310 months ago

      Absolutely massive babies! Right behind my mom

  • @[email protected]
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    210 months ago

    I love the Sealife Center in Seward. They do excellent rehab and release to wild if they can, but this little one probably won’t be suitable to go back to the wild after being bottle fed.

    • FuglyDuck
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      310 months ago

      its more the learning that humans are great cuddlers, anything that teaches them that humans are okay is going to be a problem

      • 𝕽𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖎𝖊𝖘𝖙
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        10 months ago

        What you don’t want a 1500kg adult walrus barreling at the nearest group of land humans, looking for cuddles?

        • FuglyDuck
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          210 months ago

          I mean… that’d be freaking hilarious. I kinda do want that. Even if I do get why it’s not necessarily a good thing…