Movie: Flipper, The Seal

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    Follows the early life of a young seal on the Pribilof Islands. Shows him nursing at his mother's side, struggling to avoid the ponderous bull seals, getting rescued from a rock crevice and learning to swim. Demonstrates how biologists count, tag and trace the seals in order to conserve the herds.

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    1953-01-01

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