一只年轻的海豹在南非干斯拜附近的巨藻丛中觅食。
The Antarctic fur seal, Arctocephalus gazella, would be hunted to the verge of extinction.南极软毛海豹学名Arctocephalus gazella,由于这样的捕猎而濒临绝种。
fur seal populations here have rebounded to merely modest levels after a hunting bloodbath in the early 19th century brought the subspecies to the brink of extinction.在19世纪初期,这里的海狗曾遭到大肆捕杀,几乎灭绝,目前海狗的数量也仅有所适当回升。