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Eleven seals have so far tested positive for rabies in Cape Town , South Africa .
It's the first known major outbreak of rabies among marine mammals.
The last recorded case of a seal contracting the disease was in 1980 in Norway 's Svalbard islands.
Experts say it's unclear how the disease entered the seal population.
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