Thread: Monomoy Seals
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Old 04-05-2013, 10:56 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Jim in CT View Post
What makes up the majority of their diet? Seems to me, that the fish stocks have to be pretty healthy, to sustain this massive population?

It's a tough situation for you guys up there.
They eat just about anything that swims.... sand dabs, sand eels, herring, striped bass... you name it.

Estimates are they need to eat 50+/- lbs a day (per seal)

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