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Hope you don't mind another photo of Jeff (this is what he has been called) - I thought with the NZ Fur Seal in the foreground it was a good size comparison. He had likely travelled from Macquarie Island, halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica, where a large colony lives. It is 16 years since we last had a visit from one. Jeff trundled back into the sea about 9pm on Monday. Maybe he will return when fully grown. It was estimated he was about 1000kg. He could grow to 4000kg and will develop his proboscis, the long dangly bit on the nose that gives them their name.