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The mysterious attraction of the Hutt River to crabeater seals

In late March 2015, a crabeater seal swam up the Hutt River (which flows into Wellington Harbour) and died. It was a remarkable occurrence – the crabeater seal is an Antarctic species rarely recorded in New Zealand – but no-one realised at the time that this was precisely the placeRead more

2016-03-02
By: Colin Miskelly
On: 2 Mar 2016
In: Science

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