The seals that we have here at the Bergen Aquarium are harbour seals. Currently five seals live here: Vitus, Celina Fullfart, Loffe, Selma and Selterz. Vitus is the eldest, at 15 years old, and he was born here at the aquarium. Amalie Brann and Snorre, who lived with us for a number of years, moved away from the Bergen Aquarium in the winter of 2006. That was rather sad, both for the staff at the aquarium and for the many inhabitants of Bergen who had been here to visit them a number of times. But we know that they will be happy at Kattegatcenteret in Denmark.

Vitus always keeps a close eye on the youngsters Celina Fullfart and Loffe, who are best friends. All of them get up to all sorts of tricks in order to catch our attention. Because, of course, seals are by no means stupid. And they absolutely love playing. We have known this for a long time, and some years ago we started training them each time we feed them. They learn colours, and jump high into the air chasing balls or to go through hoops. Both the seals and the keepers look forward to these training sessions. Seals love herring, and that is what we feed them on, although in the wild they eat all sorts of fish and crustaceans.

Selma and Selterz, who are neighbours with the penguins, can look forward to a very interesting time. Soon you will be able to see a film of what they have been up to…