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Sunday, April 14, 2013

MERR Team Rescues Gray Seal Pup

The Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute stranding response team executed a daring rescue of a gray seal pup that had fallen into a crevice between the rocks at the south side of Indian River Inlet April 10.

The pup couldn't extricate herself from this predicament, so she decided to play dead, wedging her head under one of the rocks in hopes that everyone would just go away. To make matters worse, the tide was coming in rapidly, so the rescue team had to work quickly before the area became inaccessible.

Getting her into a net from her hiding place was no easy task, but the rescuers succeeded in pulling her out and subsequently crated her and drove her to a quiet release site north of the inlet. She made her way, albeit slightly reluctantly, back into the water and swam north. Rescuers hope she is well on her way back to New England after her Delaware adventure.

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