The sea elephant which has adopted the bank of the Hutt River, near the Pipe Bridge, as a shore base. This giant seal, ivhicti is estimated to be nearly a ton in weight and is over nine feet long, is very tolerant of visitors, who frequently crowd rojind him ivhile he lies on the grass.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 63, 15 March 1945, Page 6
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55The sea elephant which has adopted the bank of the Hutt River, near the Pipe Bridge, as a shore base. This giant seal, ivhicti is estimated to be nearly a ton in weight and is over nine feet long, is very tolerant of visitors, who frequently crowd rojind him ivhile he lies on the grass. Evening Post, Volume CXXXIX, Issue 63, 15 March 1945, Page 6
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