Common seal babies are born in the Arctic pack ice. After birth, the mother immediately begins suckling her offspring with fatty milk, so that it can develop a warm layer of fat. When she returns from hunting, she can tell her own little ones apart from the others by their smell. Schleich manufacture amazingly wonderful accurate models of all sorts of animals, including this Seal Cub model. This Schleich Seal Cub have been beautifully hand painted to give wonderful role play to children & also makes a great collectors item for the nature enthusiast.