DSC_8101541 New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) skull of female *
11002-40122 NZ Furseal (Arctocephalus forsteri) large fur seals can take you by surprise when wandering along the shore - they blend in so well with the rocks. Here a well camouflaged bull, basks in the sun amongst the rocks at Red Rocks on the Wellington Coast *
11002-40306 Plastic pollution poses a threat to our wildlife. Animals get entangled in discarded plastic. It wraps around their beaks and muzzles, preventing them from eating. It tangles up their feet, wings, or fins. Young animals may get entrapped and as they grow, the plastic cuts into their flesh, sometimes amputating limbs, or choking and eventually killing them. Here plastic tape from a fish crate is slowly choking a young NZ Furseal (Arctocephalus forsteri), at Taiaroa Head, Otago Peninsula *
