Saturday 12 January 2013

New Zealand fur seal vs Octopus!

The New Zealand fur seal is found off the islands a coasts of New Zealand where there is a population of approximately 85,000-135,000. They are able to dive to upto 270m and can hold their breath for upto 11 minutes. Their favourite prey is squid and octopus, with some fish, lampreys, rock lobster and penguins. On one of todays tours we saw as a fur seal latched onto an octopus and lashed it around. (Again the pictures aren't the greatest but hopefully you can make out the octopus) x




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