A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia: A Book Review by a Penguin Groupie
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012
They breed in dense colonies, incubate their single egg on the feet, and take more than a year to fledge a chick. Over 3 million pairs of Antarctic Fur Seals breed on South Georgia, saved from near extinction by fur hunters. Southern Elephant Seals and Weddell Seals are also resident, though not in such large numbers.
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