Young Seal Discovered off Fox Island — 16 December 2000About a 1/4 mile south of Fox Island in the marsh off Anawan Road on Indian Neck, I found a young seal high and dry on a mud bank quite a distance from any open swimming channel back to the bay. She may have floated in with the astronomically significant tides these last few days.
She appeared responsive and tracked my movements with her left eye.
But the right eye socket seemed enlarged and the eyeball was black as ebony. It did not appear normal.
She did look plump and well nourished — at least to a turtleman’s eye. I’ll re-check her at high tide today and again tomorrow morning.
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