Harbour seal
Phoca vitulina

Year of birth: 2002
Sex: Female
Characteristics: Dark coat, long snout, face has only few white lines

Mareike came to the Centre in 2002 as an abandoned pup from the Hamburg Harbour and could not be released again.

Mareike is really smart, but also careful and reserved about new things. She is easy to recognize at the underwater window because she has only four claws on one of her front flippers.