Yantai baby seal was named ＂Little Lucky＂ and was initially judged to be a wild seal.

    Recently, a seal came to the East Fort Seal Bay in Zhifu District, Yantai City, Shandong Province, which aroused widespread concern among citizens and netizens. Netizens named the seal "Little Lucky". On April 26th, Qilu contacted many parties to answer your questions.

    The relevant staff of Zhifu District Marine Development and Fisheries Bureau introduced that on April 17, the bureau received a report that the staff of East Fort Seal Bay found a western Pacific spotted seal and immediately arranged personnel to go to the scene to check and dispose of it, and reported the relevant situation to the Municipal Bureau.

    According to the on-site observation of the staff, it is judged that the seal is about 4 -8 years old, healthy and can eat normally, and the lens in the right eye is turbid, which may have vision problems. However, due to the large number of reefs in the current sea area, it is easy to cause accidental injuries by rushing to provide medical assistance to the seal. At present, the seal is fed daily by the keepers of the East Fort Seal Bay and its physical condition is observed.

    In the next step, Zhifu District Marine Development and Fisheries Bureau will continue to pay attention to the health status of this seal, and once its vital signs are found to be declining, it will cooperate with provincial and municipal experts to take further rescue measures.

    Where do seals come from? A professional in the field of marine fisheries analyzed that the statement of "sneaking out of the aquarium" was not reliable, because all the seals in the aquarium were numbered, and no numbering and positioning equipment was found on this seal. "Although the seal is close to the staff of the East Fort Seal Bay who first discovered it, it is understood that the staff initially fed by throwing food at a distance. Seals are very smart, and their IQ is equivalent to that of a five-year-old child. With these days of getting along, it is not uncommon to get closer to people. "

    He further analyzed that the main distribution range of spotted seals in the western Pacific Ocean includes the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea in China, and Yantai fishermen often see seals when they go out to sea, so the preliminary judgment should be that they are wild seals from the sea.

    On social media, many netizens joked that "seals can be’ collected’ into Seal Bay". In this regard, the professional believes that it is much better to leave it in the wild than in the artificial environment. First of all, if wild seals are "collected" into Seal Bay, the mortality rate is very high, and it is easy to scare them. Once the seals are frightened and enter a strange environment, they will refuse to eat, which will do great harm to their health. Secondly, this seal is an adult, not as receptive as a young seal, and it is difficult to get used to the environment of artificial captivity. In addition, if the seals in Seal Bay find strange seals joining in, they will also reject them. Therefore, at present, the living condition of this seal is the best.

    Regarding the future whereabouts of the seal, the insider said, "It should not stay here all the time. In the future, it may meet a group of spotted seals swimming nearby and then leave with the big troops."

    The staff of the East Fort Seal Bay said, "Netizens gave the seal a name called’ Little Lucky’. Now, many people have come to see this seal, some have fed it themselves, and some have taken pictures of it with’ long guns and short guns’. If it doesn’t leave during the May 1 holiday, it is likely to attract tourists to punch in here, and then it will really become a’ online celebrity’ seal. "