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Playground of the Seals | Wildlife Documentary Some have called the coast of Brittany the Riviera of the North. The many coves with white sandy beaches appear idyllic, but the Atlantic Ocean in the Northwest of France is rarely calm. Several smaller islands can be found offshore - seals have discovered them as ideal places to bear their young. Underwater, the sluggish harbor seals turn into fast and nimble swimmers. They are quite playful and attracted to the submarine camera. Grey seals, bigger than their cousins and with longer heads, are a bit more restrained - but sooner or later, curiosity wins. When mating seasons come, hundreds of them gather on the shallow beaches, and the significantly bigger and heavier - they can weigh over 300 kilograms more - males start vying for their mates, it can be breathtaking. There is a reason that males are so bullnecked. They fight fiercely for their chosen and might receive several vicious bites to the neck in the process. Roughly 100,000 grey seals are living in the eastern Atlantic Ocean today, a welcome

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