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notagirloraboy:
I WOULD LITERALLY DIE IF A BB SEAL CAME SCOOTING UP TO ME
AAAAUUUUGGGHHHH
DO
NOT
TOUCH
BABY WILD ANIMALS
Baby animals are so cute but they are in such a fragile place. If you touch a baby animal in the wild, whether it’s a bird, a deer, or a seal, you leave your human scent on it. When its parent returns to it, it will smell that and often subsequently reject its offspring, leaving the baby to die of starvation, dehydration, or as prey of another animal.
Baby seals are very weak. You can see how this one can’t move very far at all. They often have to be left on beaches for extended periods of time while their mothers hunt fish to feed them. If you ever encounter a baby seal, give it at least 50 feet of space but 100 is better. If you think the offspring may be malnourished, injured, or sick, you will want to give a phone call to a state wildlife control board, department of wildlife or ecology, or park service, depending on where you are. Do Not approach the animal and Do Not try to feed it.
The most important part of loving nature is respecting its boundaries. this has been a psa.
MOST ANIMALS HAPPEN TO HAVE AN ABILITY COMMONLY KNOWN AS SIGHT THAT ALLOWS THEM TO TELL IF ANOTHER ANIMAL IS THEIR OWN CHILD THAT THEY WOULD NEVER ABANDON