With their adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur , these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart . The harp seals , aged between two and 10-days-old , roll around in the snow and explore their new surroundings . The adorable scene was captured in the Gulf of St Lawrence , Canada , by Belgian photographer Ellen Cuylaerts . Snow cute : With their adorable big round eyes and fluffy white fur , these baby seals are cute enough to melt any heart . Brrrilliant : The harp seals , aged between two and 10-days-old , roll around in the snow and explore their new surroundings . Heart-warming : The images were taken by in the Gulf of St Lawrence , Canada , by Belgian photographer Ellen Cuylaerts . The 44-year-old spent three days with the seals when she visited a breeding site earlier this month . Cuylaerts , of Grand Cayman , Cayman Islands , says : 'It 's truly beautiful to watch the little ones get all cosy on the ice . 'They shuffle around , rest , and start squealing when feeding time comes and they 're hungry . 'To be there , in the middle of their habitat , was a really great experience . 'The pups basically fill their days with sleeping , eating and getting fat . They spend their first 12 days feeding on very high fat milk from their mothers . ' Photographer Ellen Cuylaerts said : 'It 's truly beautiful to watch the little ones get all cosy on the ice ' 'The pups basically fill their days with sleeping , eating and getting fat , ' said Cuylaerts . Cuylaerts , who visited the seals with her husband Michael , watched as the newborns ' coats lost there yellow hue and turned completely white . Cuylaerts said that the biggest threat against the seal population is humans . Having gained the trust of the seals , Cuylaerts was able to get within one metre of the pups by lying flat on her stomach and shuffling slowly towards them . Cuylaerts , who visited the seals with her husband Michael , watched as the newborns ' coats lost there yellow hue and turned completely white and fluffy over the course of two days . The fur of the harp seal , a species native to the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and parts of the Arctic Ocean , is a highly valued commodity , and animal rights groups continue to campaign against hunters who target seals . Hunted : The fur of the harp seal , a species native to the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and parts of the Arctic Ocean , is a highly valued commodity . Cuylaerts was able to get within one metre of the pups by lying flat on her stomach and shuffling slowly towards them . Animal rights groups continue to campaign against hunters who target seals . Loll : The seals love resting on their backs in their icy home . Bliss : This seal looks totally content as it basks in the sun . Adorable : This seal fixes Cuylaerts with its big brown eyes . Cuylaerts says : 'For the harp seal , the biggest threat against their population is humans as the clubbing of seals is still happening . 'When the pups are aged between one and twelve-days old , they can not be killed but , after the seal 's fur starts to molt , the hunt is on . 'The seals are defenceless , not able to swim away or get away ! It is cruel and unnecessary . '
Adorable footage was filmed in the Gulf of ports Lawrence , uk . The photographs were taken by Belgian photographer Ellen hunter . She was able to get within a metre of the camera by lying flat on her stomach .