Seal in German is is “seehund” which means “sea dog”. Coincidence?! I THINK NOT!

It seems that even amongst animals, gingers get no respect. This little guy’s unique coloring caused him to be rejected by his colony and his family. According to Mr. Strakhov who took these pictures:

He was hiding and waiting for his mother to come and feed him. He had a very strange color fur and looked different from his two black brothers. I was pleased to be able to capture such an unusual animal, but the poor seal is almost blind and so was unlikely to survive in the wild.

Luckily, Mr Strakhov was with staff from a dolphinarium who took the baby seal into their care. The pup – whose color is the result of an accumulation of iron in its fur – might have had more luck if he carried a U.S. passport. One of the biggest concentrations of red-haired seals is in San Francisco.

The loneliest seal in the world: This rare brown furred pup was spotted on the beach at Tyuleniy Island, Russia.

Hiding hole: The seal, which is almost blind, had been hiding under a pile of logs when he was first spotted.

Shunned: The pup sits on is own up the beach while other seals group by the water’s edge.

This video gets our official Seal of approval. Now go pack on the muscle little guy so you can defend yourself out there in the vast ocean.

A starving Northern Fur Seal is rehabilitated back to health by Island Wildlife Natural Care Centre on Salt Spring Island, BC.

Aww, those little seal noises were adorable, now do “Kiss From a Rose.”

Hopefully mommy seal wasn’t too far away.

Now we are not suggesting that anyone adopt a seal as a pet, that is probably a terrible idea for both you and the seal. But that is exactly what this Russian girl did after she saved a lonely seal cub that she found. She feeds it, takes it out for a walk and even lets it swim around in her bath tub.

It’s like a torpedo-shaped dog.

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Don’t judge him, how else will he provide for Heidi Klum?

This is actually a publicity shot for the new buddy cop movie they’re in: SEALED DOCUMENTS

At least it would be in an ideal world.

The D-O-Double Gee, responsible for such chart classics as Gin and Juice, What’s My Name? and Drop It Like It’s Hot, popped into SeaWorld San Diego with his family while he was in the city for a concert.

Clyde the blinged-out sea lion wasn’t the only resident of the marine-life park to roll with the legendary rapper, either – the venue’s Otter Stadium also got a visit from the Doggfather.

Reports from the park’s crew suggest Clyde even offered to collaborate with Snoop on an upcoming musical venture, but we reckon the streetwise water dweller best just get in line behind SuBo and co…

Everyone knows that the baby version of something is always that much cuter, which is why we are regularly going to be making these little compilation galleries of cute baby animals doing what they do best, being cute and adorable.

Anyways, check out our part 1 of what we hope to make into a regular series

Susi, the giraffe

Giraffe baby “Susi” stands in front of her mother “Lotti” in its enclosure in a zoo in Berlin on February 5, 2010. Susi was born on February 1 and is the fifth baby of giraffe mother Lotti.

Grey seal pup

A newly born grey seal pup lies by his his mother Laura on January 27, 2010, at the North Sea Oceannarium in Hirtshals, Northern Denmark. Laura is the fist grey seal in captivity in Denmark ever to give birth to a pup. Ten years ago Laura was found on a beach near Hirthals and brought to the oceanarium.

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