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And what about food? Remarkably, David Steel, the National Trust Head Warden for the Farne Islands, thinks that two of the pups found in Holland would have still been dependent on their mothers. canada goose clearance These pups, normally canada goose factory sale fed canada goose clearance sale every three hours, need to take on about three litres of milk a day.
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No one knows for how long the Farne seals were at sea. Even if Canada Goose Coats On Sale we assume a pup could swim as fast as an adult, it would have taken them at the very least 17 hours to get to Holland. That’s a long time for a pup to go without milk.
On Stronsay we watched helplessly for almost a whole day as one pup searched in vain for its mother. The next day it was gone.
Canada Goose sale The third pup on this amazing adventure had only just been weaned. While it’s normal for these 'second coat’ pups to fast and they are far more adventurous (we witnessed one lollop about 400 yards from the beach to a barn in the nearby farm), it’s still a fantastic feat for one so young. Canada Goose sale
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