Thursday 25th August 2011
Seal pups 'fall in love'
BBC News
Two orphaned seal pups are to be released together after forming an unusually close bond while being cared for by an animal charity.
Three-month-old pups Jellyfish and Sand were rescued by the Scottish SPCA in Oban in June after they became parted from their mothers.
Since being cared for at the charity's Wildlife Rescue and Rehoming Centre in Fife, they have become inseparable.
Centre manager Colin Seddon said the pups even slept side by side.
"This is an extremely rare display even for a male and female pair," he said.