BROOKFIELD (CBS) — A grey seal was born at Brookfield Zoo on New Year’s Day, the first birth of 2014 at a Chicago-area zoo.
The seal pup, a male, weighed just over 25 pounds when it was born Wednesday morning, according to the Chicago Zoological Society.
He is expected to gain several pounds a day, and will triple or quadruple his weight by next month.
The pup is the first-ever of its species born at the west suburban zoo and joins five other grey seals there, a statement from the Zoological Society said.
Brookfield Zoo now has the most grey seals of any North American institution.
The new mother, 10-year-old Lily, and her pup will remain off-exhibit for several weeks to allow them time to bond, the statement said.
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