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uShaka Sea World

uShaka Sea World

Date: 2019-02-01

uShaka Sea World staff released seven Thorntail pups off Vetch's pier earlier this morning. Even though staff at uShaka Sea World were expecting the birth of a few Thorntail pups, when aquarist Jamie Lee-Swartz noticed their arrival yesterday afternoon it was with great excitement. On close inspection they found that mom had given birth to not five but seven healthy pups, five females and two males. They were left in the exhibit overnight before being weighed, measured and released into the sheltered shallow area of Vetches Pier this morning.

Photo credit: SAAMBR