7.8K views · 131 reactions | The seal pupping season is an annual occurrence on Scotland’s Monarch Islands, featuring the archipelago’s 35,000 grey seal inhabitants. Stormborn | Smithsonian Channel | Facebook

Feast your eyes on one of the most beautiful grey seal pups we have had the good fortune to care for. Helena, rescued from Ronas Voe just over a week ago, has fully moulted to reveal perhaps the most gorgeous selkie coat we have ever seen. It never ceases to amaze us how the pattern of females with light coats and dark spots compared to males with dark coats and light spots keeps holding true. Helena may be stunning and look really sweet, but don't let the good looks and the doe eyes fool you...