Funny Foot, male common seal pup, was found on 5th July 2015 at Heacham North beach along with another seal pup.
After being separated from their mums they more than likely heard each other calling out for food on the beach and found their way to each other.
Apart from he was a bit underweight at 9.3kgs and exhausted, these two are both in good health and with a little help from the Animal Care Team will be ready to go back to the wild before too long.
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Photo above: Funny Foot (left) and Mivvi (right)
Update - 16th July 2015 : Here is the latest photo of Funny Foot taken on 12th July 2015, he is still in the hospital´s pen number 3 and shares this with another rescued seal pup named Mivvi. Funny Foot currently weighs 9.5kgs.
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| Update - 31st July 2015 : Funny Foot and his friend Mivvi are still in the hospital´s pen number 3. Both hand feeding well and starting to learn to eat fish for themselves. Funny Foot currently weighs 14.5kg.
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Update - 11th August 2015 : Funny Foot is still sharing hospital pen with Mivvi. They both still need to put on a little more weight before moving outside to the resident seal pool for their next stage of rehabilitation.
This photo of Funny Foot was taken on 9th August 2015,
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Update - 27th October 2015 : Funny Foot is still in the main outdoor pool being fattening up for his release back to the wild in the next month or so. He weighs 23kgs. His flipper tag number is 86 (yellow).
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Update - 19th November 2015 : Funny Foot along with Maxibon, Feast, Tutti Frutti and Mivvi were released back to the wild on 17th November 2015 at Snettisham beach. Funny Foot weighed 29kgs.
Click here to see a selection of photos of the release of these pups via flickr. Also Click here to watch a short video of the seal release.
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