| 11. | Fur seals were hunted on the island between 1854 and 1897.
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| 12. | But this year, sea lions, northern fur seals and harbor seals are starving.
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| 13. | Fur seals breed on Bird Island, particularly in the vicinity of this cove.
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| 14. | The Australian fur seal mostly eats squid, octopus, fish and lobsters.
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| 15. | Elephant seals, Ross seals and South American fur seals are classed as molluscivores.
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| 16. | The foreflippers of the fur seal are dark brown to black.
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| 17. | The northern fur seal population has jumped 20 percent over the same time.
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| 18. | Schooners hunted fur seals on the island between 1889 and 1896.
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| 19. | Other species protected are southern elephant seals, Ross seals and Antarctic fur seals.
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| 20. | Australian fur seals were hunted intensively between 1798 and 1825 for commercial reasons.
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