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  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Pinniped - Wikipedia

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    Wildlife managers have used various methods to control the animals, and some city officials have redesigned docks so they can better resist sea lion use. [185] [186] Inland-living New Zealand sea lions face unique human conflicts such as road mortality and run-ins with human infrastructure. [187] Seals also conflict with fisherman. [188]

  5. Selkie - Wikipedia

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    Many of the folk-tales on selkie folk have been collected from the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland). [15]In Orkney lore, selkie is said to denote various seals of greater size than the grey seal; only these large seals are credited with the ability to shapeshift into humans, and are called "selkie folk".

  6. 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 ...

  7. Fur seal - Wikipedia

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    Fur seals are any of nine species of pinnipeds belonging to the subfamily Arctocephalinae in the family Otariidae.They are much more closely related to sea lions than true seals, and share with them external ears (), relatively long and muscular foreflippers, and the ability to walk on all fours.

  8. Hawaiian monk seal - Wikipedia

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    Other human-introduced pathogens, including leptospirosis, have infected monk seals. [40] Human disturbances have had immense effects on the populations of the Hawaiian monk seal. Monk seals tend to avoid beaches where they are disturbed; after continual disturbance the seal may completely abandon the beach, thus reducing its habitat size ...

  9. Harbor seal - Wikipedia

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    The harbor (or harbour) seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as the common seal, is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere. The most widely distributed species of pinniped (walruses, eared seals, and true seals), they are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific oceans, Baltic ...