{"id":4624,"date":"2000-12-16T20:30:37","date_gmt":"2000-12-17T01:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=4624"},"modified":"2010-03-02T20:38:16","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T01:38:16","slug":"young-seal-discovered-off-fox-island-16-december-2000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/?p=4624","title":{"rendered":"Young Seal Discovered off Fox Island &#8212; 16 December 2000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/12\/12-16-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4627\" title=\"12-16-1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/12\/12-16-1.jpg\" alt=\"12-16-1\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/12\/12-16-1.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/12\/12-16-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: center\"><strong><em>Young Harp Seal in Fox Island WMA Marsh<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">About a 1\/4 mile south of Fox Island in the marsh off Anawan Road on Indian Neck, I found a young seal high and dry on a mud bank quite a distance from any open swimming channel back to the bay.\u00c2\u00a0 She may have floated in with the astronomically significant tides these last few days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/12\/12-16-2-480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4628\" title=\"12-16-2 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/12\/12-16-2-480.jpg\" alt=\"12-16-2 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/12\/12-16-2-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/12\/12-16-2-480-277x300.jpg 277w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She appeared responsive and tracked my movements with her left eye.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/12\/12-16-3-480.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4629\" title=\"12-16-3 480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/12\/12-16-3-480.jpg\" alt=\"12-16-3 480\" width=\"480\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/12\/12-16-3-480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/12\/12-16-3-480-300x256.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">But the right eye socket seemed enlarged and the eyeball was black as ebony.\u00c2\u00a0 It did not appear normal.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/12\/12-16-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4630\" title=\"12-16-4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/12\/12-16-4.jpg\" alt=\"12-16-4\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/12\/12-16-4.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.turtlejournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2000\/12\/12-16-4-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: justify\">She did look plump and well nourished \u00e2\u20ac\u201d at least to a turtleman\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s eye.\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll re-check her at high tide today and again tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Young Harp Seal in Fox Island WMA Marsh About a 1\/4 mile south of Fox Island in the marsh off Anawan Road on Indian Neck, I found a young seal high and dry on a mud bank quite a distance from any open swimming channel back to the bay.\u00c2\u00a0 She may have floated 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