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Published: 2011-02-09 20:35:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 16408; Favourites: 1151; Downloads: 263
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Description Tamina, female harbor / common seal (Phoca vitulina, tulen obecny) from ZOO Jihlava, Czech republic


Story of the title: Life is sometime quite funny thanks to dA, I met *Lunchi , who is deeply intertested in sea mammals, especially dolphins. She visits those amazing animals in German ZOO Duisburg. Lunchi also invited me to stay in her room, so I travelled some 950 kilometres to meet her and to visit dolphins with her *Lunchi loves seal from ZOO Duisburg and she was sad when she got a message, that female Tamina was about to leave the ZOO. But then she learned amazing fact - Tamina was supposed to travel to ZOO Jihlava, which is located very close to my city and I visit it quite often! It pleased both of us - *Lunchi and me now I can show my photos of Tamina to my German friend so she can see that her favourite seal is happy and doing well! is not it just great?

For *Lunchi , of course


P.S.: the one who gets the idea behind the title, will get a cookie


Thank you for your comments and faves
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Canon 500D + Kit lens 55-250 IS
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INFO ABOUT THE ANIMAL:

Name: Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)
Location:temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern hemisphere
Size: 1,8 m long body weight: 130 kg
Diet: fish, shrimp, mollusks, squids, birds
Conservation status: Least Concern
Interesting facts: Harbor seal is the most common species of pinnipeds | females live longer than males (35 vs 25 years) | seals sleep in the water, breathing every few minutes | baby of the seal is called the pup | mother milk of the seals is extremelly fatty | they can spend 10 minutes underwater and when diving, they can reach the depth of 450 metres | in ZOOs, seals sometime die due eating coins and other things, which were thrown to their pool by stupid visitors

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Comments: 114

Spottedleaflover1000 [2012-08-10 20:33:57 +0000 UTC]

"Mommy, i wove you."

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Garoslaw [2012-06-28 10:59:36 +0000 UTC]

N'aww...
I remember that when my dog hides her ears, she looks like a seal.

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Redaxelnax [2012-01-28 11:42:20 +0000 UTC]

Adorable ^^

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Geker [2011-09-03 20:47:25 +0000 UTC]

hey, IΒ΄m from Havl. Brod Zoo Jihlava thatΒ΄s my childhood

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woxys In reply to Geker [2011-09-03 20:52:10 +0000 UTC]

no super, vΕ‘ak je to pΔ›knΓ‘ ZOO ;D

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Geker In reply to woxys [2011-09-05 16:53:34 +0000 UTC]

jo, jenom to parkoviΕ‘tΔ› je na hovno, naΕ‘tΔ›stΓ­ vedle v CT Parku se neplatΓ­...

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Crazyhedgy [2011-05-27 18:16:48 +0000 UTC]

I love harbor seals! They are so adorable!

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Frogynka98 [2011-03-11 21:06:56 +0000 UTC]

Aww! I'm from Jihlava! I like this photo

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woxys In reply to Frogynka98 [2011-03-11 21:11:12 +0000 UTC]

super a dΓ­ky

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ginaphotos [2011-02-25 20:49:09 +0000 UTC]

Hey eyes and nose are adorable! Nothing cuter than a seal! Good capture.

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woxys [2011-02-24 19:17:07 +0000 UTC]

OKOMENTOVÁNO!

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Draconicat [2011-02-21 09:24:04 +0000 UTC]

Nice shot -- she has such a sweet face! And it's great that you can let your friend know how her seal is doing!

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Neinir [2011-02-14 03:37:27 +0000 UTC]

Its fantastic !

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BTHOMPhotography [2011-02-13 17:13:57 +0000 UTC]

OMG DAAWWWWW!

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WraxAon [2011-02-13 06:17:37 +0000 UTC]

Such large eyes

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chambersweetie54 [2011-02-10 21:40:16 +0000 UTC]

Awww this is just too adorable. i love how big the shot was amazing.

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weisbrod [2011-02-10 19:50:34 +0000 UTC]

What a terrific shot. I may be anthropomorphizing but it has eyes with personality!

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woxys In reply to weisbrod [2011-02-10 19:54:17 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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SaxyBrown [2011-02-10 17:49:01 +0000 UTC]

So Cute! Awesome shot!

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thegreymoon [2011-02-10 16:15:05 +0000 UTC]

Aww... that's just too adorable!

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E-FlowElLobo [2011-02-10 14:22:04 +0000 UTC]

From russia with love?

Nice picture

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woxys In reply to E-FlowElLobo [2011-02-10 14:29:55 +0000 UTC]

very well, have a cookie

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E-FlowElLobo In reply to woxys [2011-02-10 14:38:19 +0000 UTC]

Spank you very much

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teuss [2011-02-10 13:47:53 +0000 UTC]

lovely creature

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bluetaipan [2011-02-10 12:51:13 +0000 UTC]

is there anything you take that isnt good? lol

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woxys In reply to bluetaipan [2011-02-10 12:53:21 +0000 UTC]

but as I usually take some 18000 photos EVERYTIME I visit ZOO, there are always some 150 of them, which are acceptable

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bluetaipan In reply to woxys [2011-02-10 12:54:20 +0000 UTC]

well everything i have seen is awesome so there

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woxys In reply to bluetaipan [2011-02-10 12:52:38 +0000 UTC]

believe me, 90% of my photos are bad

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bluetaipan In reply to woxys [2011-02-10 12:54:08 +0000 UTC]

oh i disagree!

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woxys In reply to bluetaipan [2011-02-10 12:58:36 +0000 UTC]

you are nice

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bluetaipan In reply to woxys [2011-02-10 13:04:59 +0000 UTC]

why? just being honest!

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Random-Nessie [2011-02-10 09:28:56 +0000 UTC]

James Bond movie reference!
SHE IS SO CUTE BAWWWWW

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woxys In reply to Random-Nessie [2011-02-10 12:35:20 +0000 UTC]

you have a cookie!

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vitezaucide [2011-02-10 09:21:51 +0000 UTC]

The name caught my attention because Jilava is a prison in Romania

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woxys In reply to vitezaucide [2011-02-10 12:58:17 +0000 UTC]

o joj

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Mahrama [2011-02-10 07:59:45 +0000 UTC]

awww so beautiful. i just love their big eyes

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Inupaw [2011-02-10 07:38:06 +0000 UTC]

Awwwww....

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vespa-woman [2011-02-10 07:22:59 +0000 UTC]

AWW! wook at that widdle face!!

that is what i said when i saw this picture....cause she is so cute!!

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arcangel16 [2011-02-10 05:44:38 +0000 UTC]

Whoa! WHOA!!! That is too cool

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DragonsRage24 [2011-02-10 04:58:43 +0000 UTC]

Love this seal <3
Taken from teh James Bond movie from Russia with Love I am assuming great photograph as always!

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woxys In reply to DragonsRage24 [2011-02-10 07:13:29 +0000 UTC]

you have a cookie
thank you

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DragonsRage24 In reply to woxys [2011-02-12 18:02:34 +0000 UTC]

woo cookie I'm hopefully going to get up some wolf images soon

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MoonFaerieStudio [2011-02-10 04:43:57 +0000 UTC]

Seals ten to remind me of my two current dogs, because they both have smooth fur, whiskers and big eyes

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MoonFaerieStudio In reply to MoonFaerieStudio [2011-02-10 04:44:14 +0000 UTC]

erh *tend

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SaveTheHobos [2011-02-10 04:41:25 +0000 UTC]

Wtf its so cuteee c:

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Starista [2011-02-10 04:29:12 +0000 UTC]

love the colors!! great photo

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BlueKnightMar [2011-02-10 04:24:51 +0000 UTC]

awwwwwww what a cute story

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Chalax91 [2011-02-10 04:02:17 +0000 UTC]

This is so cute, I love it! Great picture!

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dullpanic [2011-02-10 03:57:39 +0000 UTC]

She is so baked

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Snoangel [2011-02-10 03:50:26 +0000 UTC]

SEEEEAAAALLL-- This is the cutest thing ever. They're such adorable animals!

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