Bearded seal Reproduction and Lifecycle
Bearded seals give birth in the spring. May. Further south, in Alaska, most pups are born in late April. Pups are born on small drifting ice floes in shallow waters. 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.