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at least those of us who are up in the Northern Hemisphere, we have a chilly episode to make your holidays exciting.

Get ready because we're sharing the Great Seal Count, which you can also hear in Spanish, by the way.

Enjoy and see you in the new year.

Hi, I'm Lindsay.

And I'm Marshall. Welcome to Tumble, the show where we explore stories of science discovery.

Today we're discovering how to count the cutest seals on the planet from your own home.

The cutest seals, you say.

Yep, they live in Antarctica and they look like puppies with fins instead of legs.

Oh, that's cute. So how do we count seals and why? That's what we're about to find out.

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