New Seal at Woods Hole Aquarium
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NMFS Northeast Fisheries Science Center N E W SNew Seal Welcomed at Woods Hole Science Aquarium Woods Hole, Mass. -- A one-year-old female harbor seal has a new home in the seal pool at the Woods Hole Science Aquarium (WHSA). The seal joins Coco, a seven-year-old harbor seal that has been on display at the aquarium since 1998. The WHSA agreed to provide a long-term home for her this past spring. The aquarium provides a permanent home for seals that cannot be released to the wild. She is unreleaseable owing to her history of poor feeding while at large, and chronic but treatable medical problems.
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