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Over the past week, harp seals<\/a> seem to have invaded the Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gasp\u00e9sie regions. Some were resting on shore, while others gathered in numbers on the ice a little farther out. From Rimouski to Carleton-sur-Mer and Gasp\u00e9, this winter visitor to the St. Lawrence has gotten people talking!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the past week, harp seals seem to have invaded the Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gasp\u00e9sie regions. Some were resting on shore, while others gathered in numbers on the ice a little farther out. From Rimouski to Carleton-sur-Mer and Gasp\u00e9, this winter visitor to the St. Lawrence has gotten people talking!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12839,"featured_media":69947,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-observation-of-the-week"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nHarp Seals on the South Shore - Baleines en direct<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Over the past week, harp seals seem to have invaded the Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gasp\u00e9sie regions. 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