Prematurely born harbour seal called Zeus is rescued on B.C. shore [Video]

The latest patient at Vancouver’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre is tiny in stature but has a big name to live up to.

Zeus, a prematurely born harbour seal, was rescued Tuesday after being found alone on the shores of White Rock, B.C., at only one or two days old.

The pup weighed only seven kilograms, was hypothermic and hungry when a member of the public spotted him with remnants of his umbilical cord still attached, said Lindsaye Akhurst, senior manager of the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society.

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Zeus was still covered in white lanugo fur, which is typically shed in utero, which Akhurst said indicates that he was born early.

“So he’s not quite, as we would say, ’cooked,’” she said Friday.

“So far in the last three days, we’ve been able to stabilize him a bit more. He still has a long way to go, though.”

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