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  2. Grey seal - Wikipedia

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    Seal pup first-year survival rates are estimated to vary from 80 to 85% [41] [42] to below 50% [43] depending on location and conditions. Starvation, due to difficulties in learning to feed, appears to be the main cause of pup death. [43] Male grey seals engage in aggressive sexual behaviour, which can lead to severe injuries and even death for ...

  3. Leopard seal - Wikipedia

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    The skull of the leopard seal. The leopard seal has a distinctively long and muscular body shape when compared to other seals. The overall length of adults is 2.4–3.5 m (7.9–11.5 ft) and their weight is in the range 200 to 600 kilograms (440 to 1,320 lb), making them the same length as the northern walrus but usually less than half the weight.

  4. Selkie - Wikipedia

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    In one version, the selkie wife was never seen again (at least in human form) by the family, but the children would witness a large seal approach them and "greet" them plaintively. [ 24 ] Male selkies are described as being very handsome in their human form, and having great seductive powers over human women.

  5. Sexual selection in mammals - Wikipedia

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    Elephants can use their ears as threat displays in male-to-male competition. Sexual selection in mammals is a process the study of which started with Charles Darwin's observations concerning sexual selection, including sexual selection in humans, and in other mammals, [1] consisting of male–male competition and mate choice that mold the development of future phenotypes in a population for a ...

  6. Elephant seal - Wikipedia

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    Elephant seals are shielded from extreme cold more by their blubber than by fur. Their hair and outer layers of skin molt in large patches. The skin has to be regrown by blood vessels reaching through the blubber. When molting occurs, the seal is susceptible to the cold, and must rest on land, in a safe place called a "haul out". Northern males ...

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    Two U.S. Navy SEALs drowned as they tried to climb aboard a ship carrying illicit Iranian-made weapons to Yemen because of glaring training failures, a military probe of the January deaths found.

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  9. Brown fur seal - Wikipedia

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    Brown fur seals are still harvested in Namibia. Permits are issued for the killing of pups for their luxurious fur and adult males for their genitalia, which are considered an aphrodisiac in some countries. It is also considered necessary to limit seal numbers in Namibia because of the supposed effect seals have on the country's fish harvest.