Translation 2783

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Baltic Sea.
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T;rrcc rt ]:aAr;iic:cWr nope.
Fige 9. Range of grey seal in ea.stern ;,tl.a)rtic Uceaii and
Key: 1) Iceland. 2,) Faeroe ]:.slands. 3) Fr(Yya Islands.
4) White ^,^ea,. 5) Shetland I,-lands, 6) Rona 1c,lnnd. ']) liebrides.
8) Orkney Islands. 9) F'arne Islands. 10) Tsamsey :island. 11) Scilly
I sles. '12) Baltic Sea.
journeys are characteristic of the species. `l'llese movements are
especially typical of the adults after the brcedinc_; per.ioa, when the
animals disperse through "their feeding'-grounds, but as pup-ging-time
approaches the females return to pa.rticular islands and stretches
of coast-line. It is believed that duri.n(; their firsi; two years of
life sexually-immature seals i•ai.nCer far from the breeding-grounds,
throughout the entire range. After their transition to an independent
mode of lifè the pups also make.J.ont^ journeys in various directions.
For instance, members of' the East Atlantic r!onulation 'born on the
northern and. eastern coasts of :,nj;lancl have been observed on the
coasts of eastern Scotland, tne ;;etherlaIids, i.or;/a.y, and Denmaz'k.
'I'up;; barn on the coast of northern I:ox`way have been recorded at diffe.r.ent
points in Britain and tue adjacent islands.
The brccding peri.od is precedecl by conceTltl',r.i.ion of so..uallyin2ture
anit;ials in the future
U.otci on, the ice ;:,.I;d on shaa:e,
'iRU fC:lllc.lcs e;ive birth
i^irih of I)u7is on flo;r,tin;, ice has been
observed arwnr° ,,nltic soals and also in t;ïrouns 01'_ tne zaIliUlLlls in the
c.ulf of :;t. Lat'rrencc (members of tue West Atl,^iAic population).
Pc:rnc.lc: t;rey sools of tnc: .,r.tic,t Atlantic ho^u]:c,I^.UII_ Lttlo.
of L,rey