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five years old. The males attain sexual maturity at the aé;o of three,
years,.but it is usually older animals that form narem rookeries
During the first six or seven weeks of he parturition period
the harem males spend a considerable proportion or their time on
shore, and eat almost nothing. Their period of intensive feedinu
begins much later, after harem-dwelling life and moulting have come
to an end, and. then the seals spend a great deal of time in the water
on their feeding- grounds.. During the parturition period the females
foed more intensively than tue males. Who chiof items in the seals'
diet are cephalopods and small crustaceans; smaller amounts of various
species of fishes and lobsters are found in their stomachs. Wile seals
may dive to a depth of 50 metros in search of food.•
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Fig. 31. hange of ta South African fui' eal.
1,ey: 1) Cape Cross. 2) Hollam's islanu. .3) Long Island.
ei) Sinclair Island. 5) :e'also Bay. 6) Capetown. /) i;ird island.
The duration of South African . fur seals' . 1ife in natural con-
ditions is uni.nown, but they have survived in captivity for up to 20
years. .1he mosL danerous natural enemies for yuuh . seals are sharks tiC