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00:00I hope you enjoyed this video.
00:30This young grey seal is curious. A bit cautious, but she seems comfortable with the camera.
00:49Almost.
01:00She spends most of her life underwater. She hunts, eats and even sleeps here.
01:16We want to find out more about the life of the Baltic grey seal. The secret life of seals.
01:30It's a cold and cloudy morning in late February.
01:51Around 500 seals are now gathered on this isolated rocky island in the furthest outskirts of Stockholm's archipelago.
02:02Every year for a short period between February and March, the seals come out of the water to give birth, nurse their pups and mate, before they disappear back into the vastness of the sea.
02:18For just two months each year, these rocky shores team with life.
02:25And it is during these short weeks that the pups will have to learn to survive on their own.
02:32First on land, then in the ice cold waters of the Baltic.
02:37First off.
02:40пока they arectic.
02:52After a few months each year, theiris even for the Water.
02:58We humans seldom see the world down here, down here where the seal lives its life.
03:14Our limited human perspective means that there's a lot we don't know about the mysterious
03:20lives of these animals with whom we share our seas.
03:27What we do know is that the grey seal is a clever and skilled hunter that can dive to
03:32a depth of over 200 metres and hold its breath for nearly 30 minutes.
03:41The grey seal bull has a dark coat, a big elongated snout and can weigh up to 300 kilograms.
03:51The female is lighter in colour and weighs half as much.
04:01The seal uses its sensitive whiskers to detect vibrations in the water.
04:07This allows it to find fish several hundred metres away and makes it an exceptionally efficient
04:14hunter in total darkness and at great depth.
04:20These animals are highly adaptable and can hunt in packs, communicate through calls and cooperate
04:27with other seals.
04:29They are herd animals.
04:48But without the usual.
04:49But without the usual.