A very rare melanistic Grey Seal Halichoerus grypus pup Horsey Norfolk. Rarely photographed less than one in 400 pups born annually are melanistic, usually the pups are a creamy white in colour.

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Image size: 4993x3744 pixels (16.6"x12.5" @300dpi)

Shooting date : 2019-02-16

moins d'un jeune sur 400 nés chaque année est mélanique, ils sont généralement de couleur blanc crème.

Keywords

Wild animal / Mammal / Marine mammal / Pinniped / Seal / Gray seal (Halichoerus grypus)

Europe / European Union / United kingdom / Great Britain / England / East of England (Region) / Norfolk County

February

Species / IUCN Red List of Threatened Species / Low Risk (IUCN) LR / Least Concern (IUCN) LC

Abnormality

Organism / Morphology / Morphology (zoology) / Livery / Melanism

World sea and ocean / Atlantic Ocean / North Atlantic Ocean / North Sea

Area / Marine area / Sea / Temperate sea

Area / Strand / Sand shore / Sand beach

Colour / Black

Individual / Stage of development / Young

Atmosphere / Seasons / Temperate season / Winter

Individual / Nobody

Latin keywords

Eukaryota / Opisthokonta / Metazoa / Bilateria / Coelomata / Deuterostomia / Chordata / Vertebrata / Synapsida / Mammalia / Carnivora / Phocidae / Halichoerus

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