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It's not just any Monday for a seal named "Ocean"
By BEN LEACH Staff Writer, 609-272-7261
Published: Monday, December 01, 2008
3:24 p.m. Update - A seal that stranded in Ocean City in October has been rehabilitated and was released Monday morning along the Great Bay in Little Egg Harbor.The nine-month-old harbor seal nicknamed "Ocean" was taken in by the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine. The young seal was found dehydrated. It usually gets its freshwater intake from fish.A tracking device, secured to the seal’s fur with an epoxy-like substance, is expected to stay with the seal for the next 100 days as it finds its way back to its home somewhere north of New Jersey.Eventually, the seal's progress will be tracked and available at: www.marinemammalstrandingcenter.org
