Seal Pup Ornament Old World Christmas

Baby seals are born on pack ice floating in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. Harp seal mothers are able to identify their babies by their smell. The pups don’t have any blubber at birth, but quickly gain weight nursing on high-fat mother’s milk. When the pups reach about 80 pounds, their mothers stop nursing them. The pups go without food for about six weeks and can lose about half their body weight until they begin to hunt for themselves. The young seals are famous for their snowy white coats.