Weaned Grey Seal Pup

Grey Seals are one out of two seal subspecies, which are native to the UK. This seal subspecies is born in a white non-waterproof fur coat, and will moult into the first adult fur coat after mum leaves them (when they will be 17-23 days of age).
This pup was moulting into the grey fur coat and still confused that his/her mum was gone. It kept following me. I had to find a way that the pup lost sight of me and stopped following me. As you can see, I obviously took a photo of the pup at the beginning, but I abandoned this fast to avoid the pup coming closer.
This pup was moulting into the grey fur coat and still confused that his/her mum was gone. It kept following me. I had to find a way that the pup lost sight of me and stopped following me. As you can see, I obviously took a photo of the pup at the beginning, but I abandoned this fast to avoid the pup coming closer.
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