点评:It was a really enjoyable way for the family to get close to nature and see wild seals.
The Seals looked really healthy (not obese -come on....a portly seal is a healthy seal. Have you ever seen the Seals on the beach somewhere like Donna Nook?) and the Harbour is fine. The water is like any harbour water- and guess what the other name for a Common Seal is? That's right - the Harbour Seal. They choose to come to Harbours and always have.
A bit like Seagulls the ethics of feeding are complex. Grey Seals are doing well in UK waters. But Harbour Seals (which we saw in Eyemouth) aren't doing as well - they can't travel as far for fish and are being outcompeted by the Greys. So additional feeding is potentially helpful. Certainly assuming that if not fed, they would just find 'natural food' with no effect on the local populations health, is not a given.
It's a little like Seagulls, who are doing well near human habitation but are actually decreasing across their range.
Thought it was a lovely experience for the kids
翻译:对于一家人来说,这是一种非常愉快的方式,可以亲近大自然并观赏野生海豹。
海豹看起来非常健康(不肥胖——拜托……肥胖的海豹是健康的海豹。你有没有在像 Donna Nook 这样的海滩上看到过海豹?)海港也很好。水就像任何港口的水一样——猜猜普通海豹的另一个名字是什么?没错——海豹。它们选择来到海港,而且一直如此。
有点像海鸥,喂食的道德问题很复杂。灰海豹在英国水域表现良好。但海港海豹(我们在艾茅斯看到的)表现得不太好——它们不能走那么远去捕鱼,而且在竞争中被灰海豹击败。所以额外的喂食可能会有所帮助。当然,假设如果不喂食,它们就会找到“天然食物”,对当地人口的健康没有影响,这并不是理所当然的。
这有点像海鸥,它们在人类居住地附近生活得很好,但实际上它们的活动范围正在缩小。
我认为这对孩子们来说是一次美好的经历