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Elephant Seal Mother and Pup
Photograph by Yva Momatiuk and John Eastcott
This Month in Photo of the Day: Animals
An elephant seal mother and pup nuzzle to learn each other’s smell. Before weaning at about three weeks, the 90-pound (40-kilogram) newborn could triple its weight, while the nursing mother may lose a third.
See more photographs from the November 2008 feature story "Shore Leave."
译文：
象海豹母子
摄影：Yva Momatiuk、John Eastcott
本月每日一图的主题是：动物
一对象海豹母子用鼻子相互摩挲着，来记住彼此的气味。在约三周大断奶时，出生时90磅（40公斤）重的象海豹幼仔体重可以增加两倍，而它妈妈则会比原来轻1/3。