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Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) porpoising near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean. The Antarctic Fur Seal is one of eight seals in the genus Arctocephalus, and one of the nine fur seals in the family Arctocephalinae. As its name suggests, the Antarctic Fur Seal is distributed in Antarctic waters. Around 95% of the world population breeds at the Island of South Georgia. It is named for the German naval vessel the SMS Gazelle which collected the first specimen from Kerguelen Island. The species is also known as the Kerguelen Fur Seal. Males are substantially larger than females. Antarctic fur seals grow 2 m (6.5 ft) long and weigh 91 kg (200 lb) to 209 kg (460 lb). Males live for about 15 years and females up to 25. The usual food supply is krill, and each Antarctic Fur seal eats about a ton of krill each year. Due to the enormous and growing populations of these seals, their food is a significant proportion of South Georgias krill stocks. There may be approximately two to four million individuals breeding at South Georgia. The concentrations at South Georgia are the densest aggregations of marine mammals on earth. Some researchers believe these populations have grown to such levels because the removal of whales by the intensive whaling of the 20th century left a surplus of krill

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