Plz help will give brainliest if answer is correct. read the passage at first Lary thought the angry display would die down instead it got worse the loud piercing cries of the whirling gulls caused a frenzied stampede of steller's sea lions from their pupping area, shaken and worried, Larry hurried back inside the house to puzzle over his new and decidedly unfriendly reception from his study subjects.

(the bold word is pupping)

which is the most likely definition of the boldfaced word?

A. Hiding
B. Hunting
C. Nesting
D. Eating