{"id":610,"date":"2014-12-25T04:27:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-25T02:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imreethus.de\/?page_id=610"},"modified":"2018-12-03T08:26:40","modified_gmt":"2018-12-03T06:26:40","slug":"seal-centre-friedrichskoog","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/imreethus.de\/en\/daytrips\/seal-centre-friedrichskoog\/","title":{"rendered":"Seal Centre Friedrichskoog"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Seal Centre Friedrichskoog<\/h1>\n<p>The seal centre in Friedrichskoop at the North Sea Coast is a great destination. It is 46 kilometres away from the holiday apartments and can be reached in 40 minutes in the car.<\/p>\n<p>In a nationwide unique setup, visitors can observe the common seal and the grey seal living in a shared enclosure on land and water.<\/p>\n<p>Five common seals and two grey seals live in a seawater enclosure of 800 m\u00b2. They cannot return to the wild for a variety of reasons.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The species of seals is divided into three families:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>True Seals<br \/>\n(Lat.: Phocidae, 19 species)<\/li>\n<li>Eared Seals<br \/>\n(Lat.: Otariidae, 15 species)<\/li>\n<li>Walrus<br \/>\n(Lat.: Odobenidae, one species)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The seal centre Friedrichskoop is he only authorised centre in Schleswig-Holstein to take on abandoned or diseased seals. Rearing and rehabilitation of seal pups is the main aspect of the work over summer.<\/p>\n<p>[pjc_slideshow slide_type=&#8221;seal-centre&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Pups which are separated from their mother within the first few weeks of their life are called \u201aHeuler\u2018 (= howlers) in German, as they are howling for their mother.<\/p>\n<p>Any discovered pups are brought to the centre as soon as possible and they are raised in conditions as close to nature as possible. Sick pups are treated with a variety of rehabilitation measures.<\/p>\n<p>There is no direct access to this area to avoid disturbing the pups, but videa cameras and a viewing platform allow great insights.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Opening hours:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>March &#8211; October daily 09:00 to 18:00<br \/>\nNovember &#8211; February daily 10:00 to 16:00<\/p>\n<p><strong>Feeding times:<br \/>\nMarch \u2013 October daily 10:30 am, 2:00 pm and 5.30 pm<br \/>\nNovember \u2013 February daily 10.30 am and 2.00 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tickets: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adults EUR 7,-<\/li>\n<li>Children (age 2-16 ) EUR 5,-<\/li>\n<li>2 adults + 2 children EUR 19,-<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please check the Friedrichskoop website for the current ticket prices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Address:<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>Seehundstation Friedrichskoog<br \/>\nAn der Seeschleuse 4<br \/>\n25718 Friedrichskoog<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seal Centre Friedrichskoog The seal centre in Friedrichskoop at the North Sea Coast is a great destination. It is 46 kilometres away from the holiday apartments and can be reached in 40 minutes in the car. In a nationwide unique setup, visitors can observe the common seal and the grey seal living in a shared  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":563,"menu_order":170,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-610","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/imreethus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/imreethus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/imreethus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imreethus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imreethus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/imreethus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/610\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/imreethus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/imreethus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}