Thursday, February 19, 2009

Cape Cross Seal Reserve - Namibia...

cape cross fur seals or Arctocephalus pusillus
Cape Cross, located 142 km north of Swakopmund along the coast, harbors the largest breeding colony of Cape Fur Seals/Brown Fur Seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) along the Atlantic coast of Namibia and South Africa.
cape cross fur seals or Arctocephalus pusillus
It's been reported that during the breeding season (November/December - we were there in late November), the population of seals may exceed 340,000.
cape cross fur seals or Arctocephalus pusillus
Crazy fellow tourists awestruck by the seal covered landscape and breathing in the awesome stench of that new hit fragrance Eau De Seal.

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Map marks the Cape Cross Seal Reserve.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Looks like Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco.

bubba said...

All we need are Mr. Spanky and organ meat tacos on shore, eh, and u could not tell the difference btwn SFO and Namibia.