This fur seal was spotted on the green at Judgeford Golf Club on Thursday morning. You may be used to seeing a Tiger on a golf course, but a fur seal at the 18th hole is rarer than an eagle. The young fur seal appeared at the final hole, below par, at Wellington's Judgeford Golf Club on State Highway 58 between Paremata and the Hutt Valley on Thursday. She said there were tadpoles and frogs on the neighbouring first hole, which the seal may have been drawn to. The Department of Conservation’s Kāpiti-Wellington supervisor, Melody McLaughlin, said the animal was a New Zealand fur seal, not a pup but also not full-grown, so likely last season’s juvenile.

Source: Stuff December 24, 2021 01:51 UTC