
DATE: Thursday, March 6, 1997               TAG: 9703060330

SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B1   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 

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RETURN TO THE SEA

ILLUSTRATION: [Color Photo]

DREW C. WILSON/The Virginian-Pilot

This seal was thought to be in distress when it was spotted on the

beach at Kill Devil Hills Wednesday morning. Before passers-by could

approach to offer help, the creature bounded for the surf and swam

away to the north. Frank Hudgins of the North Carolina Aquarium says

seals occasionally come ashore and are not necessarily in distress.

They should be left alone, he said.

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