ARCTO, as he has been named by his caregivers, is the first Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazelle) to have been recorded on South African shores.
Antarctic fur seals are naturally found at Antarctica with most being resident on South Georgia Islands. Breakaway groups are, however, also found on the South Sandwich Islands, Falkland Islands and Kerguelen Island. With South Africa being the closest to Kerguelen Island, uShaka Sea World feels that he possibly wandered from Kerguelen Island.
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