Seals' Huge Appetite Puts Penguin Lives At Risk
December 24, 2006 @ 03:09 PM (EST)
Source: Guardian.co.uk
Once hunted almost to extinction for their beautiful pelts, the fur seal has staged one of the animal kingdom's greatest comebacks. Previously in danger of being seen only in zoos and wildlife programmes, these grey-skinned mammals have delighted conservationists by breeding so lustily that they have reached record levels - an estimated four million worldwide...
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