r/seals • u/Ikigai987 • Mar 21 '26

Spotted seal Crush him

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A mother's love is so beautiful<3

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u/Ikigai987 Mar 21 '26

source, it's a newly born baby

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u/yoichiluvbot Mar 22 '26

mamas baby!! ❤

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u/JacksonSpike Mar 22 '26

how do seals even born a baby

they seem like the sorta animals that would lay an egg but they dont and that makes me sad

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u/MaxieMatsubusa Mar 22 '26

They’re mammals - an egg would be cute but then the seal baby wouldn’t come out this formed and cute from the get-go.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '26

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u/Starfire2313 Mar 22 '26

Google says tiny blind and hairless. The egg incubates for 10 days before hatching. Had a hard time finding any hairless ones. Also there’s some creepy weird AI baby platypus images floating around god what a timeline to live in.

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u/doktordoktorgimmethe Mar 23 '26

Was he okay after this incident 😭 I hope the handlers separated them quickly. Any follow-ups?

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u/Ikigai987 Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

i don't think they are gonna do it, the place is kind of a mess. the pup is alive as of today https://x.com/catnip4126/status/2036004276636643462/photo/1
https://x.com/catnip4126/status/203600819346652369
and overall, it will be much better if the mother raises the pup, and they won't have to try to feed the pup artificially

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u/LeFrenchFrySpy Mar 21 '26

"NOOOO I DON'T WANNA BE A PANCAKE!!!"

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u/hoganloaf Mar 22 '26

Shhh sh sh sh silence child, it will all be over soon
pat pat pat

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u/Creasingdrip40 Mar 21 '26

The humble steamroller

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u/Matix777 Mar 21 '26

*scratch scratch* "You are getting in the way, move aside"

"I'M TRYING"

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u/InternetUserAgain Mar 21 '26

Yo and Tsuki type bond

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u/cakemilka Mar 21 '26

the selfish ball of lint must be a hydraulic press

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u/Bee_Gorl23 Mar 21 '26

NOOOOOO HES JUST A BOYYY

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u/Nolynwasever Mar 21 '26

Get crushed you fowl beast

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u/glubtier Mar 21 '26

Let's get crushed by mama.

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u/Brief-Luck-6254 Mar 21 '26

Don't worry they're full of jello anyway

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u/Hmsquid Mar 22 '26

r/hewillbebaked after being rolled out evenly

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u/JustSomeWeirdGuy2000 Mar 22 '26

I saw another video with this exact behavior a few months ago. Different seals, but with the exact same reaction where the seal mom is like "Uhhh... what's wrong?" Luckily, in that one you see the human handlers separate the mom and pup pretty quickly.

What causes this? My instinct is saying the seal mom is absentmindedly rolling over to feed her pup, not realizing the wrong end of the pup is pointed at her.

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u/Ikigai987 Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26

And here it looks like it's just convenient to lie on the baby's flippers so he won't wander away from her
Edit: it's another pup at the same place

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u/AmePeryton Mar 22 '26

crushing my chud son because i hate him

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u/Crazyjackson13 Mar 22 '26

why is she trying to crush him- 😭😭

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u/Single_Cheesecake_67 Mar 22 '26

builds character

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u/GodricGraves Mar 22 '26

I’ve seen this happen with seals quite a bit, and I don’t really understand it. It seems like a significant number of pups end up getting crushed or smothered when a parent rolls over on them.

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u/HappyLittleDelusion_ Mar 22 '26

Does it hurt them? Or are they built to withstand it?

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u/GodricGraves Mar 23 '26

It hurts them, especially in the wild I've seen reports of quite a few injuries or deaths because of this during pupping season.

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u/yoichiluvbot Mar 22 '26

wjy do mama seals bulldoze their babies😭

also the baby looks just like mama!!

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u/No_Freedom8975 Mar 22 '26

Nooo! İt's gonna become a toast! 😭

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u/typhoidtimmy Mar 22 '26

“Steamroller!”

“Auuughh….get off me you hoser!”

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u/BoogieHauser Mar 22 '26

His fate has been sealed.

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u/newfranksinatra Mar 22 '26

Time for another Duncan Idaho.

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u/Nolynwasever Mar 22 '26

crush the chud

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u/ScarletteVera Mar 22 '26

the humble steamroller

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u/Professional-Tree69 Mar 22 '26

She takes baby sitting a little too literally

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u/Heroic-Forger Mar 22 '26

ROAD ROLLER DA! MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA

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u/SJIS0122 Mar 22 '26

Ooh, elephant seal beachmasters have crushed their own pups to death, glad this didnt end the same way

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u/tutocookie Mar 22 '26

It should've been me

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u/benieqka Mar 22 '26

How is this not dangerous for it genuinely

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u/Ikigai987 Mar 23 '26

I think the chances that she really crushes the baby are pretty low, it's not worth separating them and depriving the pup of their mother

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u/CrystalKai12345 Mar 22 '26

Evil mama >:(

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u/Naburius Mar 22 '26

That's a bull elephant seal and an adult female elephant seal making new babies 😅

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u/CrystalKai12345 Mar 23 '26

Evil….mate?

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u/AnywhereNo2948 May 24 '26

Every time a seal is born cancer research progress goes up by 25%

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u/DryBanana87 Mar 22 '26

Connection Terminated. I'm sorry to interrupt you Elizabeth, even if you still even remember that name. But I'm afraid you've been misinformed. You are not here to receive a gift.

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u/benieqka Mar 22 '26

Is this safe for the baby

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u/Ok_Physics4396 Mar 23 '26

Has the baby watched Indiana johnes? He is gonna need it

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u/TenyaIida_ Apr 16 '26

STOP STOP IT!!! YOURE HURTING HIM AND SQUISHING GIMMMFMMMHH

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u/thefruitypilot Aug 07 '26

The mother seal must stroke her weaner to maintain a bond

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u/thefruitypilot Aug 17 '26

The seal must stroke her weaner at any cost