Only an hour or so into our first journey on the South Island and we came across these guys down on the rocks by the roadside; wild New Zealand fur seals. There were at least 100 seals swimming in the sea or relaxing on the rocks and in the photo you can spy a bunch of younger ones crammed into a larger rock pool splashing about!
Did You Know?: Before hunting started in the 1700's there were more than one million fur seals in this area but although hunting has been banned for over 50 years now there are only around 100,000 left.
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