National Geographic Travelのインスタグラム(natgeotravel) - 1月3日 19時06分

Video by @bertiegregory / 95% of the world’s Antarctic fur seals breed on the island of South Georgia in the South Atlantic Ocean. Each year in October, the males return from the open ocean to setup territories up and down the beaches. The females then return to these beaches to give birth to a tiny pup. Shortly after giving birth, the females then come into estrous. At this point, the males compete in brutal fights for breeding rights.
These fur seals are a great conservation success story. After Captain Cook put South Georgia on the map in 1775, he sent word back to England of enormous numbers of seals. A brutal massacre then followed peaking in 1800 when 112,000 pelts were taken in just a single season. This harvest continued until the seals were hunted down to an estimated 400 individuals. Since then, protection and good governing has allowed them to bounce back to over 3 million! Follow @bertiegregory for more or visit natgeo.com/wildlife to see the whole of this video series.

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