ADVISORY/Aquarium's New Fur Seal Pup Meets the Public; Biologists Move Mom and Pup 10:00 a.m., Monday.City Desks, News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY...for Monday (July 24) WHAT: -- The public gets their first look at The Aquarium's tiny two-week old northern fur seal The Northern Fur Seal, Callorhinus ursinus, is an eared seal found along the north Pacific Ocean, the Bering Sea and the Sea of Okhotsk. It is the largest member of the fur seal subfamily (Arctocephalinae) and the only species in the genus Callorhinus pup as he and mom Baabs move into their new home. Roughed-up moments after birth, Friday evening, July 7, by an elderly adult male fur seal fur seal, fin-footed marine mammal of the eared seal family (Otaridae), highly valued for its fur. Like the closely related sea lion, the nine species of fur seals are distinguished from the true seal by external ears and the ability to turn their hind flippers named Buster, the ten-plus pound male pup spent a week and a half growing stronger (and cuter every day) alongside his very vocal and protective mom at Woodland Park Zoo's Animal Health Center. The two are moving into a temporary holding pool where they will remain until the pup is about three months old and ready to join The Aquarium's larger community of northern fur seals -- an age at which, in the Pribilof Islands Pribilof Islands (prĭb`ĭlŏf'), group of four volcanic islands, off SW Alaska in the Bering Sea, c.230 mi (370 km) N of the Aleutian Islands; explored and named in 1786 by Gerasim Pribilof, a Russian navigator. The larger islands, St. , northern fur seals would leave the rookery and begin the migration southward. -- The Seattle Aquarium The Seattle Aquarium is a public aquarium located on Pier 59 on Seattle, USA's Elliot Bay waterfront. Run by the city, it opened on May 20, 1977. After the closure of Ivar's Aquarium in 1956, the city was at a loss for its major attraction. is well known in the aquarium industry for being the first to have both sea otters and northern fur seals successfully conceived, born and raised to adulthood in captivity. In addition to Buster -- the world's first -- northern fur seals conceived, born and raised at The Aquarium include Baabs, Woodstock and J.D. ("Jimmy's Daughter", now living in an aquarium on Coney Island Coney Island (kō`nē), beach resort, amusement center, and neighborhood of S Brooklyn borough of New York City, SE N.Y., on the Atlantic Ocean. , New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of ). WHEN: -- Monday, July 24, 2000 at 10:00 a.m. WHERE: -- The newly enclosed pool at the north end of the Pier 60 building. Media can park on or near the north loading dock and ring the buzzer by the side door. INFO: -- During the summer, The Seattle Aquarium is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The last tickets are sold at 7:00 p.m. (one hour before closing). Admission fees range from $3.75-$8.50 with discounts for seniors, disabled adults, King County residents, and groups of ten or more. Children age two and under are FREE. For information about exhibits, OrcaSearch cruises and special events, call The Aquarium's 24-Hour Information Line at 206/386-4320. Or call 206/386-4300 weekdays during business hours BUSINESS HOURS. The time of the day during which business is transacted. In respect to the time of presentment and demand of bills and notes, business hours generally range through the whole day down to the hours of rest in the evening, except when the paper is payable it a bank or by a . |
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