Secrets from a Grey Seal Colony | Discover Wildlife | Robert E Fuller
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- Опубліковано 21 тра 2024
- From adorable pups to dramatic fights between bulls, grey seals are fascinating to watch.
But these animals face continual threats. Join me as I visit a thriving colony in Yorkshire and find out what you can do to help them in their battle for survival.
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Here in Britain we are lucky enough to host 40% of the world's grey seal population, but globally grey seals are extremely rare. This means we have a duty to protect them for future generations. It is literally up to us to ensure grey seal populations survive.
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ABOUT THIS FILM
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Grey seals
Grey seals are the largest of UK seal species and their scientific name Halichoerus grypus, which means hook-nosed sea pig, gives you an idea of how to identify them!
Adaptations
Although clumsy on land, these large mammals are perfectly adapted to life at sea. They have large webbed flippers tipped with sharp claws and can swim effortlessly through water to catch their prey.
Breed on beaches
Each Autumn they haul up onto our beaches in large numbers to breed and this is also the time females give birth to their pups, which is incredible when you think how exhausted they must be.
Seal pups
A female normally gives birth to just one pup which she will feed up to six times a day. Seal milk has more than 10 times the fat content of cows milk which helps the pups grow by 2 kilos a day.
Breeding season
Shortly after pupping, the females are fertile again and this causes mayhem in the colony. Competition between males can be ferocious.
Beachmasters
The biggest and strongest males are known as beachmasters. They dominate a group of females in an area and can get so focussed on defending their 'harems', they often don't feed themselves
Young males are constantly on the lookout for unguarded females, but with such formidable beachmasters about, their chances are slim. Sometimes these seals take their chances to mate in the surf.
External threats
Not only do seals have to fight for survival in their own colonies, they also face external threats from pollution, declining food sources, entanglement and, probably the most distressing because it is so easily avoidable, human disturbance.
How to help seals
Seals are nervous on land and can stampede in fright, which is when the young get injured or separated from their mothers. According to Bex Lynam, Marine Advocacy Officer for the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust, which works to protect this particular seal colony on the Yorkshire Coast, seals are easily spooked.
Give seals space
Bex recommends always staying at least 100m away from the seals. It's also important to approach quietly, and calmly.
Conservation success
So far the work to help seals is working and populations here in Yorkshire are growing, which is fabulous news because these animals really are incredible.
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I am a British wildlife artist and filmmaker on a mission to share my love for wildlife with the world. As well as creating detailed animal film and art portraits, I promote wildlife tours around the world and do all I can to help conserve and protect wildlife here at my home in Yorkshire. I hope that by putting nature in the frame I can foster a deep love for wildlife amongst my followers.
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CHAPTERS
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00:00 - Introduction
01:33 - Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
05:22 - New life in the colony
08:05 - Males fight
12:07 - Newborn seal
13:10 - Seal pup in peril
15:45 - Seal Surveys
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If you enjoyed the video why not consider donating to my seal fundraiser. British Divers Marine Life Rescue is an amazing organisation. These divers rescue injured or lost seal pups. For more info visit my Just Giving pagewww.justgiving.com/page/robert-fuller-1713354147303
You spoil us with your superb wildlife videos. My love of nature has increased as a result. Seals are fabulous
Thank you - and yes they are the best!
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You are lucky man to watch this live!
Fantastic Film 🦭 I didn’t know UK coasts held such a huge percentage of these grey seals ♥️ The battle for beach master was brutal . So happy the pup returned safely to the rocks after being swept off twice
yes, heart was in my mouth
It is so amazing baddnurse😊
They sure have some battle scars. Thank you.
Goodness. No wonder the survival of that one pup matters a lot.
Such beautiful babies. I love seals, thanks Robert. Your videos are just amazing.
Glad you like them!
Que hermosos !!!! Ojala todo salgs bien ysean todps protejidos wuerido amigo!!! Gravias.
Lovely water doggos.
Someone I know got to meet some seals when she was scuba diving. They really are like dogs, they're super curious and investigative, they try to get you to play if they decide you're friend shaped.
Hi, Robert! Amazing video, thanks for sharing these precious moments with us!!
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❤️ watching this. 🦭 🌊 are very relaxing ☺️ to watch
Such a fantastic opportunity to view and appreciate this beautiful mammal up close and personal.Thank you so much for your dedicated commitment and love for the preservation of wildlife.
Thank you for this wonderful video experience!
I wanna hug the pups, i know i wouldn't be allowed to but i want to. Thank you for reminding me how beautiful our world is Robert.
What a fabulous feature! So much action of every type. Fascinating and informative! Thank you for sharing the true magnificence of Nature with the world.
It does the soul good to see these animals close up. Thank you for sharing your incredible photography skills with us. This footage is fabulous.
Superb world of ANIMALS! ❤❤❤
Neat.
What a great video! I love that you not only provide us with a beautifully shot look into nature but that you also provide education and ways we can help the animals.
How can anyone not love these beautiful mammals? Your films are educating the public and increasing empathy for the creatures that inhabit this planet with us. Much respect for your work; well done. Thank you for sharing.
I just now realized that they have claws. That's sad. I'm a landlocked moron. I've only been to the ocean a handful of times. They're beautiful, thank you for sharing.
🍃Amazing to watch these magnificent creatures they are beautiful! ❤🍃
Robert, you never cease to amaze me with your informative videos. Thank you for this video on the gray seals of Britain. I love learning things everyday about our world. 💕
You are very welcome
My first time hearing about the grey seals and the numbers are astonishing on how many reside on the UK coast! I learned something new and enjoyed quite a lot on the daily lives of these mammals which is quite fascinating. Watching the mom and pup communicate is so precious and happy the seal pup survived from the brutal seas. What brutal battles the males have to endure. The more I watch Robert's films the more I appreciate wildlife even more. Thank you for getting the great footage ❤🦭
Thank you Robert for this beautiful video how seals are precious to us and take care of our environment for all creatures great and small
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks as always for the videos they as always very well put together
Beautiful
Your videos are great, the camerawork is incredible!
So beautiful ❤
Amazing footage really enjoyed watching the seal's.
Glad you enjoyed it
Beautiful video Robert! These seals are so incredible! Thanks for the amazing work. There’s nothing better than an evening in watching your videos at the end of the week! Loving all the new live streams too! ☺️
Hi Jake glad you are enjoying the new live streams
❤in Every FACET of This Truly inspiring + Magnificent Video production : All I could think about is The 144,... SEAL'ED OF ISRAEL ...The newborn are arrayed in white robes + The Beach Masters are Mighty! SEaLED ZEPPELINS! Keeping watch over Their flocks! + Their harems! (🎯Love on the Rocks!)🎵 +The Voice of Their Homeland:🌊🌹YA!🌹 The🌊 sound of 🌊Many🌊 Waters!🌊
my favorite portion tho is the mother + child reunion💞 in :14-15. min. zone!
Excellent! again!🌟Mr.Fuller🖌🎨🌟
WOW!! So happy that the pup got back safely! I thought we men were crazy hormones! These male seals are just insane.😂😂
Helo tuyệt vời quá ❤❤
Hi Robert, we live in York, have been to this spot, been to your studio, been following your videos, love Yorkshire wildlife, yet this was the most moving of all your posts. Keep up your fantastic work.
Nick from York
What beautiful creatures ,mankind cannot touch them with a ten foot pole .We need to see and do not touch them ,for the hands of mankind is very destructive. Lov long life to the seals and all creatures of our world
Claro que sí me gustaría❤❤🎉❤
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I would love to see you work with Ocean Conservation Namibia. They are on YT and they are working to help seals who suffer from entanglements.
Hi 👋 I have been to Namibia a few times but not made it to the coast yet
@@RobertEFuller I see. I would love to see you work with them/interview them.
The episodes is back at last
Sorry, but parts of this video were hard to watch. I could not continue. I realize nature is what it is.
Seals are like bears that decided to stay in water. ♟️