The 10-week-old female pup was found by walkers and taken to the Cornish Seal Sanctuary, in Gweek, near Helston, where staff named her Liquorice
Why you can trust Sky NewsThe female pup, believed to be around 10 weeks old, is melanistic, meaning she is completely black, as seen in one in 400 grey seals.
Liquorice was suffering with breathing difficulties and was very underweight when she arrived at the rescue centre, in the village of Gweek near Helston.Sanctuary curator, Tamara Cooper, said:"It's not often we see melanistic pups, especially female ones, and even rarer to see them coming through our own doors.
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