I saw them for 4-5 years, slowly building in numbers, going from the once or twice a year sightings to the everyday, and suddenly one year they started to seize on fish. Your local population will learn from the smarter-than-the-average seal, or the seal which moved from a different (i.e. cape) area, and then they teach the pups and start following the fishermen who feed them the most. Think big dogs that have to make a living on their own.
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