The harp seal pup often has a yellow-white coat at birth due to staining from amniotic fluid, but after one to three days, the coat turns white and stays white for 2–3 weeks, until the first molt.
Harp seal whitecoat pup (Pagophilus groenlandicus, phoque du Groenland, Saddleback Seal, Greenland Seal). Gulf of Saint Lawrence near the small archipelago of The Magdalen Islands in Quebec, Canada. 70-200 f/2.8 @160mm ISO 200 f/14 @ 1/500s.