Why do seal pups shed their white fluff at first and then disguise themselves?

Seals are usually born in February, and after 11 months of difficult gestation, mother seals can't wait to give birth to their babies. It may be that the baby seal has been in its belly for too long. After two weeks of feeding, the mother seal forcibly weans the seals.

And throw them on the ice and live on their own. <>

At this point, the baby seals slowly shed their white fur from birth and replaced it with a silvery-gray coat with small irregular black spots. After moulting, the baby seals can swim and hunt on their own. But at this time, they can only pick some "soft persimmon pinch" and catch some small invertebrates, big prey, ......You can only look at it.

In the 14th month after molting, the baby seals begin to moult again. In the process, those irregular black spots will become a little larger. Every year since then, they have been moulted!

This moulting behavior continues until they grow up and mature. In the process, the black spots will grow larger and larger, and finally become a large, harp-like black marking. It's also a sign of their coming of age!

Why do they need to moult? "The reason is actually very simple, it is to better adapt to the living environment. After moulting, the qin seal can hunt better underwater

Because after moulting, you can better adapt to the environment, and then you can go into the water alone.

Because there is a protective layer inside, you have to take it off first to better adapt to the environment.

Because you have to change your fur to go into the water to catch your prey.

The white fluff is their protective layer when they are young.

This is a protective layer for the cub inside the mother's womb.

Because this way you can protect yourself.

Because after they cross-dress, they can really adapt to the environment.

After moulting, the baby seals can swim and hunt on their own.

It is a protective layer and the main way to absorb nutrients.

Because it's also a layer of protection.