Part of the mother and baby seal bond is learning to recognize each other’s breath…the unique smell of mother and child. When you see these kissing shots, that is actually what is going on. They are sniffing each other’s breath…memorizing the smell. I think that makes the action just that much more wonderful. 🙂

Taken at The Children’s Pool in La Jolla California. When we were there the volunteers on the stairs told us they are averaging 1 to 3 births a day.

Olympus OM-D E-M10 with 75-300mm zoom. 600mm equivalent. ISO 1250 @ 1/1000th @ f6.7. Processed in Snapseed on the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014.