Before she knew it, she was in a meet-and-greet room with the 75-pound pup she had fallen in love with on social media.

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Every year in January and February, tourists and wildlife photographers flock to South Georgia, a sub-Antarctic island, hoping to catch a glimpse of newborn fur seals sunning themselves and waddling ...