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Blond fur seal in South Georgia23/01/2011 23:33:03
Blond fur seal pup at Grytviken on South Georgia. Courtesy of Sue Edwards. Fur seal pups on Grytviken, South Georgia. Courtesy of Sue Edwards. January 2011. Sue Edwards sent us the following via email. "Here are a couple of images I took of a 'blond' fur seal at Grytviken in South Georgia, with a 'normal' fur seal in the background. I am working down here in the South Georgia Museum for the Antarctic summer and we have been surrounded by fur seals, elephant seals and king penguins since I arrived in November 2010." Around 1 in 1000 fur seals pups are 'blond' as opposed to the much more common colouring. This is apparently caused by a recessive 'blond' gene. However given that there are some 2-4 million fur seals on South Georgia, that equates to as many as 40,000 blond seals. There is at least 1 blond 'beachmaster' (dominant male seal) holding a territory at the moment. Click here to see our gallery of albino and leucistic animals and birds. White fur seal pup on South Georgia. Courtesy of Sue Edwards 
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who said black and white does not constitute a colour.........if you r still in dilemma check this little seal pups.......really awesome........
Posted by: jyotirmoy biswas | 02 Feb 2011 15:52:59