It’s likely that your beloved doggo has a brother from an ocean mother. And it’s a sea puppy, the most adorable marine animal that is closely related to canines. In fact, seals and dogs come from the same caniformia suborder, which literally means “dog-like.” And that alone explains why we love seals so much.
Unfortunately, the current ecological crisis and plastic pollution are putting marine animals in danger. The team of Seal Rescue Ireland, a non-profit based in Courtown, Co. Wexford, is playing a crucial role in rescuing, rehabilitating, and releasing sea puppies back to their ocean home. Every day, they share the most wholesome pics of rescued seals to their 26.5K Instagram followers. Let’s get ready for a cuteness overload with the mermaid puppies you didn’t know you needed.
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#1
“Shamrock being such a cutie”
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#2
“A #TBT of Sundew a grey seal from this past season thoroughly enjoying his nice warm bath with Hibiscus scrub to clean his wounds. Sundew was successfully released on the 24th of November 2019.”
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#4
“loudberry is not far off release look at that blob”
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#7
“Meet Snapdragon”
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#8
“Lupin has had enough of having his pic taken.”
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#9
“Moss say “Would you like to boop my snoot””
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#10
“An adorable #flashbackfriday of El Taco a common seal pup successfully rehabbed in 2018. El Taco is showing off his “eye rings” which means he is nice and hydrated”
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#11
“Meet Moss our first common pup of the season”
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#12
“Meet Cloudberry a Female Ringed Seal found in Co Clare. These seals are Native to the Arctic not Ireland.”
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#13
“A sweet picture of Toby a common seal from 2013. Being a premature pup he was one of the smallest seals we’ve ever had in our care at 6.65kg and needed around the clock feeding. Toby was a fighter and was successfully rehabbed and released a few months later!”
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#14
“I’m sure you all remember miss Frangipani one of our wee commons from last year. While she was small in size she was mighty in spirit and soared through rehab and was released this past November. We definitely miss seeing her cute face!”
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#16
“A #tbt of our first common seal from 2018 Noodles! Wonder why he’s so fuzzy? Common seals who are born prematurely will sometimes still have their baby coat called lanugo which they’re supposed to shed in the womb before birth.”
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#19
“Sesame – look into my eyes I am so adorable”
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#20
“Baked Potato is ready to go home.”
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#21
“Poplar is such a beautiful pup. Look at his lovely colour of coat”
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#22
“Our little Quince has graduated to kennels”
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#23
“Kelp and his friend Herring. He has a long way to go in fish school”
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#24
“Churro says don’t forget to come along to kilfarrasy beach waterford tomorrow at 2pm to see him and Baked Potato head back to the ocean”
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#25
“All 54kg of Hellebore headed back home today Into the wild. Good luck out there boy”
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#26
“Tic Tac is looking amazing”
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#27
“Bluebell has just popped up to say hello”
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#28
“Shamrock and Alfalfa just before they were released today”
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#29
“The time has come for our beautiful Salsa to head home. Join us this Saturday at 3pm at Morriscastle beach to wish her luck”
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#30
“Let me just leave you this beautiful photo of Cloudberry”
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