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| The Antarctic fur seal is one of 14 species of eared seals. Fur seals are polygamous and assemble in huge breeding colonies beginning in October. Breeding females feed exclusively on small, shrimplike crustaceans called krill, whereas males feed on krill, penguins, and fish. Although most eared seal populations have been decimated by overhunting, the Antarctic fur seal has rebounded from near extinction in the late 1800s to a current population of between 700,000 and 1 million animals. | ||||||
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