# @bbcearth on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DQRtZQ8jBbs
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/65517761-bbcearth-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/44c62bd284.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-10-26T15:00:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** BBC Earth (@bbcearth) — https://gondola.cc/bbcearth

## Caption

When you’ve been waiting five whole minutes for a snack 🫢 🦭
 
Weddell seal pups weigh about 25kg when they are born and are entirely reliant on their mum’s milk for around 7 weeks. By then, they can weigh almost 100kg!
 
#EarthCapture by bencallahannn_
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#WeddellSeal #Antarctica #SealPups

## Stats

- **Views:** 689,562
- **Likes:** 149,220
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- **Comments:** 583

## Tags

antarctica, earthcapture, weddellseal, sealpups

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