sentence: Pups are born on small drifting ice floes in shallow waters.
sentences_before: Bearded seals give birth in the spring. May. Further south, in Alaska, most pups are born in late April.
sentences_after: They enter the water only hours after they are born, and quickly become very good divers. Pups consume an average of eight liters of milk a day. By the time they are weaned, the pups have grown to about one hundred kilograms.
concept_name: pup
headings: Bearded seal Reproduction and Lifecycle
categories: Pinnipeds Mammals of Great Britain