Chris & Monique Fallows / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) porpoising, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, July.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) predating Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa, July. Sequence 3 of 3

Wim van den Heever / South African fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) surfing out on wave.Walvisbay, Namibia.

Wim van den Heever / South African fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) bull breaking apart octopus. False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Wim van den Heever / South African fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) with setting sun, Walvis Bay, Namibia.

Solvin Zankl / Brown hyena (Hyaena brunnea) stalking fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) pup, Sperrgebiet National Park, Namibia, December. Sequence 1/8

Solvin Zankl / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) attacking Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) pup, Sperrgebiet National Park, Namibia, December. Sequence 3/6

Chris & Monique Fallows / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pussilus) portrait, at water surface, Seal Island, False Bay, Cape Town, South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) attacking Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) Seal Island South Africa.

Chris & Monique Fallows / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) attacking Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) Seal Island South Africa.

Ingo Arndt / Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus) at colony, Cape Cross, Namibia, December

Juan Carlos Munoz / South African fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) swimming near surface, Seal Island. False Bay, South Africa, July 2010

Doug Perrine / Copper sharks / bronze whaler {Carchahinus brachyurus} and South African fur seal {Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus} preying on sardine baitball {Sardinops sagax} South Africa.

Anup Shah / Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) feeds on Cape Fur Seal pup (Arctocephalus pusillus) in colony at Cape Cross Seal Reserve, Namibia

Anup Shah / Cape Fur Seal pup (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) fends off Black backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) Cape Cross Seal Reserve, Namibia

Anup Shah / Fur Seal pair mating (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) Cape Cross Seal Reserve, Namibia

Anup Shah / Fur Seal pair mating (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) Cape Cross Seal Reserve, Namibia

Anup Shah / Fur Seal pair mating (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) Cape Cross Seal Reserve, Namibia

Andy Murch / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) playing with Dark shyshark (Haploblepharus pictus) carcass. False Bay, South Africa. May.

Andy Murch / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) playing with Dark shyshark (Haploblepharus pictus) carcass, seal diving in background. False Bay, South Africa. May.

Pedro Narra / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) Cape Cross seal colony, Namibia

Pedro Narra / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) Cape Cross seal colony, Namibia

Pedro Narra / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) female with suckling, Cape Cross seal colony, Namibia

Pedro Narra / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) Cape Cross seal colony, Namibia

Richard Du Toit / Aerial view of of Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) colony on Seal Island, Western Cape, South Africa.

Emanuele Biggi / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) young playing with a feather found on the ground, Cape Cross seal colony, Namibia

Emanuele Biggi / Black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) walking along some watchful Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus) Cape Cross seal colony, Namibia

Emanuele Biggi / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) adult female in evening light with big waves crashing on rocks, Cape Cross seal colony, Namibia

Lucas Bustamante / Brown fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) colony sleeping with Kelp gull (Larus dominicanus) feeding on carcass of dead pup, Cape Cross, Erongo, Namibia.

Emanuele Biggi / Brown fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) with ring of plastic caught round its neck, Namibia.

Ernie Janes / Brown fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) hauled out on board walk in Cape Cross seal colony, Namibia

Ernie Janes / Brown fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus) in surf on coast at Cape Cross seal colony, Namibia

Ernie Janes / Brown fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) hauled out at Cape Cross Seal Colony, Namibia

Jen Guyton / A cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) basks in the sun near a large seal colony at Cape Cross, Namibia. The seals can be seen swimming and basking on shore in huge groups.

Jen Guyton / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) hauled out, calling, Cape Cross, Namibia.

Jen Guyton / Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus) in a large colony at Cape Cross, Namibia. The seals can be seen swimming and basking on shore in huge groups. June 2016

Jen Guyton / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) pup nursing from its mother, Cape Cross, Namibia.

Charlie Summers / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) and newly born pup bonding, Lamberts Bay, South Africa November

Christophe Courteau / Wide angle shot of a Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) colony, Cape Cross, Skeleton Coast, Namibia.

Christophe Courteau / Juvenile Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) suckling, Cape Cross, Skeleton Coast, Namibia.

Christophe Courteau / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus), Cape Cross, Skeleton Coast, Namibia.

Christophe Courteau / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus), Cape Cross, Skeleton Coast, Namibia.

Christophe Courteau / Cape fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus) colony, Cape Cross, Skeleton Coast, Namibia.

Christophe Courteau / Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus) on beach, Cape Cross, Skeleton Coast, Namibia.

Wim van den Heever / South African fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) pup on beach at Walvis Bay Namibia.

Wim van den Heever / South african fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) on beach at dusk, Walvis Bay Namibia

Wim van den Heever / South african fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) two on beach at dusk, Walvis Bay Namibia

Wim van den Heever / South african fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) colony on beach at dusk, Walvis Bay Namibia