Fur seal sighted on Beqa island in Fiji, villagers urged to keep their distance

Marine scientists at Massey University have confirmed a sea mammal that surprised villagers on one of Fiji's remote islands this week is a fur seal. Mainly found around New Zealand and Southern Australia Arctocephalus forsteri is commonly called the New Zealand or South Australian fur seal...Experts say these seals are known to go astray and end up in far-fetched locations. Fiji's Ministry of Fisheries believes this is the first reported sighting of the sea mammal in Fiji.

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