Harbor Seal Birth

[@vivianmacbluff5285]

The magical moment when one of Earth's cutest animal babies takes it's first breath...

[@karrr1573]

This is the first time i saw any animal mother popping out an entire amniotic sac intact. It looked like the baby would suffocate in there. Seems like seagulls aren't exactly a nuisance but actual midwives for Harbor seals (seen in other vids too).

[@jenniferhuff2566]

I was thinking the exact thing!

[@kathygervais5797]

Amazing!

[@rdh1429]

Omgosh!! Poor Momma, she was so confused!

[@InTheGarden1960]

She's not confused, she is teaching baby to move. You know they don't immediately get up and move around, she has to teach it. The gulls just want the sack.

[@jdinosaur]

How close were you? Such remarkable footage. I'm hoping this is zoomed to give mama plenty of room for a critical moment.

[@ExperienceWildlife]

Thank you John for your concern. I am about 100 yards away, using a telephone lens while up on a elevated sidewalk. I am actually in the process of documenting marine mammal disturbance and understand completely how important it is to give seal moms there space.

[@jdinosaur]

@@ExperienceWildlife Thanks for the response, Jennifer. I dug a little deeper and discovered that you are teaching others how to do ethical photography. THANK YOU! As a wildlife rescue professional, these topics are very important to me, and even more so to the animals!

[@sweatymouse1952]

Amazing! Thank you for sharing

[@ExperienceWildlife]

@@jdinosaur My pleasure. I'm just glad there are people out there who care.

[@staar9571]

The bird look so concerned 😂😂😂😂

[@nejanpan1261]

😮looked painful but cute baby , we got doctor seagull assisting “ take deep breaths ,push it harder “😅 and bird nurses clean up the mess , group effort - congrats ❤🎉 the whole animal kingdom gets alone minus clueless humans - we have the same birthday yay

[@silviacolombo6420]

❤️❤️❤️

[@kaidanalenko5222]

Sorry to say the bg music ruined the video.

[@shashiswar6389]

At first I thought the sea gulls ate the baby 😮

[@ExperienceWildlife]

Oh no, it was helping it out of the sack

[@shashiswar6389]

@@ExperienceWildlife hmm yes I saw that later.. Thank God 😊

[@rainhunter2935]

Hi,there! Its me, rain! Wow! This is such an amazing and incedible vidio! I love it so much! Good job, mamma! That was a big baby, but you just kept puuuuuushing and puuuuuuushing and puuuuushing, until he was finally out! Way to go! If i chould have been there, i whould have laid a few feet away from her, put my hand on her tummy, and encourged her to just puuuush and puuuush and puuuuush over and over again! I whould have said," come on,girl,come on, come on! You can do it! You can do it! Oooo,yah! Oooo,i know! I know its hard, i know! Come on, oooo,oooo, yah! Puuuush! Puuuuush! Yah, girl, come on, come on, puuuush! Just breath girl, just breath and puuuuuush!" I love it! Rain.

[@InTheGarden1960]

I highly doubt you could lay next to her for any of that, they are wild after all and have a nasty bite. They will charge you once you enter their space.

[@paolo-7365]

Gli Uccelli hanno ripulito il Cucciolo dalla Placenta e Sacca. Pasto nutriente per loro😅

[@SheCat1964]

Cares for it? Was this her first pup? She acted like she wanted nothing to do with the poor guy. I was holding my breath thinking he was going to suffocate in the sack

[@vaip4429]

It takes time to build bond

[@msjademarvel1542]

No, she was trying to touch noses with it to remember its scent for when it left for food and came back