{"id":40144,"date":"2024-09-19T17:56:36","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T15:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/262b12c8-501f-47e5-8f14-57186e69be3b"},"modified":"2024-09-19T18:26:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T16:26:46","slug":"watch-the-emotional-moment-a-seal-pup-is-born-and-takes-its-first-few-rather-floppy-steps-fortunately-mum-is-quickly-on-hand","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbccountryfile\/rss_feed\/watch-the-emotional-moment-a-seal-pup-is-born-and-takes-its-first-few-rather-floppy-steps-fortunately-mum-is-quickly-on-hand\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch the emotional moment a seal pup is born and takes its first few, rather floppy, steps. Fortunately mum is quickly on hand"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThis is especially impressive\u201d. Mother seal gives birth\u00a0with volunteers watching from the cliff edge <\/p>

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Published: Thursday, 19 September 2024 at 15:56 PM<\/p>

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Volunteers witnessed the moment the new baby arrived \u2013 and managed to\u00a0video the birth while sitting \u201cprecariously\u201d on a cliff edge<\/strong><\/p>

A new seal pup\u00a0was born\u00a0in Smugglers Cave on the Calf of Man\u00a0<\/a>with volunteers\u00a0from\u00a0the\u00a0Manx Wildlife Trust<\/a>\u00a0watching from a cliff edge. Despite this location being usually hard to monitor, they\u00a0managed to capture\u00a0footage of the birth using their drone.\u00a0<\/p>