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Fort Point Channel gets approval of seal

By adamg on Wed, 12/19/2018 - 6:29pm
Seal in Fort Point Channel

Lis the roving UHub photographer spotted this seal in Fort Point Channel in front of the Children's Museum near Seaport Boulevard today. She reports she alerted the Aquarium so they could check on him or her.

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Comments

By Robb on Wed, 12/19/2018 - 8:32pm.

Can you please change this to SEAL OF APPROVAL?

By anon on Thu, 12/20/2018 - 9:22am.

IMAGE(https://i.imgur.com/tyTc1Nl.jpg)

By Greg B. on Thu, 12/20/2018 - 11:00pm.

There is nothing wrong to worry about. They don't need help. Sometimes they get out of the water to warm up. Just leave them be!

By anon on Wed, 12/19/2018 - 8:40pm.

Check on what? It's a harbor seal, in the harbor.

By adamg on Wed, 12/19/2018 - 10:13pm.

While this is perhaps yet another sign of Boston Harbor's recovery (like this summer's frolicking whale), seals remain pretty uncommon in the inner harbor.

By Lecil on Thu, 12/20/2018 - 7:23am.

Pretty darned cute sign of the recovery, hopefully! (I mean, the tumor-less flounder are good, but...)

By anon on Thu, 12/20/2018 - 9:23am.

Perhaps she was going to do a TED talk at the Children's Museum?

By Beanzzz on Thu, 12/20/2018 - 9:42am.

As someone who spent quite a bit of time in the Fort Point Channel area from 1995-2000 (and The Channel, RIP), this is not an uncommon sight. Seals, harbor porpoise, huge schools of stripers (drop an underwater light, and they come a'swimmin') eels, all sorts of birds and other critters.

Just because you don't see them doesn't mean they're not there.

And seals do haul out to take a nap. It doesn't mean there is anything wrong with them. They just want to sleep, they don't need our "help."

By SarahC on Thu, 12/20/2018 - 5:21pm.

Seal is still there, in the same spot. That doesn’t seem right.

By anon on Thu, 12/20/2018 - 6:49am.

there’s a seagull flying overhead.

By section77 on Wed, 12/19/2018 - 9:52pm.

?

By RoseMai on Fri, 12/21/2018 - 11:08am.

Right? Hopefully he's just busy, but is there some way to check on him?

By anon on Wed, 12/19/2018 - 11:09pm.

Sharks next!!!

By Ari O on Wed, 12/19/2018 - 11:30pm.

"We gotta call the aquarium or something, dude."

[can't believe we're three comments in and no one has made this reference yet, kid.]

By Jason on Thu, 12/20/2018 - 12:18am.

Slow clap for the headline.

By HolyMolyCodPiece on Thu, 12/20/2018 - 6:56am.

Sealdorable. Hmmmm. Yes!

By Luke Warm on Thu, 12/20/2018 - 9:00am.

has any shred of intuition at all, and he/she likely does as the canine of the sea, then approval of how we've managed the harbor is not the feeling. more like amazed contempt

By Super Anon on Thu, 12/20/2018 - 2:32pm.

He's not real! Get a grip people1

By SwirlyGrrl on Thu, 12/20/2018 - 9:00pm.

Love 'em!

I think the Aquarium should be notified - this is an organizer! Gonna lead an insurrection/jail break with the fellows in the tank out front!