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GPS: -0.399523°-90.706797°
PhotoID: B089-B
VoyageID: VG-010

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Description: Galapagos Fur Seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) - Length 1.7 m - Weigh 120 kg (female) - Conservation status Vulnerable (IUCN Red list) - Rábida island - Galápagos islands - Ecuador.
The number of Galapagos Fur Seals successfully bred in a year is very sensitive to El Niño weather events. In the El Nino summers of 1982-1983 and 1997-1998 greatly increased infant mortality. Increased water temperature decreases the abundance of prey during these summers.