Paris, Nov 13, 2025 (AFP) - 'Bleak' future for seals decimated by bird flu, scientists warn

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2025-11-13

The world's largest species of seal has been devastated by bird flu, which has wiped out half of all breeding females at a key wildlife haven near Antarctica, scientists warned Thursday. The remote island of South Georgia is the home of a majority of all southern elephant seals. Males of these blubbery giants can grow up to two metres (six feet seven inches) long, weigh nearly four tonnes (8,800 pounds) -- and have a distinctive elephant-trunk-li......

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