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  2. Seal hunting - Wikipedia

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    The two main families of seals are the Otariidae (the eared seals; includes sea lions, and fur seals), and Phocidae (the earless seals); animals in the family Phocidae were sometimes referred to as hair seals, and are better adapted for a fully aquatic lifestyle than the eared seals, though they have a more difficult time getting around on land.

  3. 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 ...

  4. Fur seal - Wikipedia

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    When fur seals were hunted in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, they hauled out on remote islands where no predators were present. The hunters reported being able to club the unwary animals to death one after another, making the hunt profitable, though the price per seal skin was low. [5]

  5. 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.

  6. Baikal seal - Wikipedia

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    The Baikal seal has been blamed for drops in omul numbers, but this is not the case. It is estimated that omul only comprises about 0.1% of its diet. [4] The omul's main competitor is the golomyanka and by eating tons of these fish a year, Baikal seals cut down on the omul's competition for resources. [5] Baikal seals have one unusual foraging ...

  7. Convincing sharks that surfers aren't seals might be the way ...

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    One is that there are tens of species just around the waters off the East Coast alone. Sharks may have similar physical features, but they function “very differently.”

  8. 15 of the Most Dangerous Plants for Dogs, Indoors and Outside

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    Here are the toxic plants you should keep away from your pup, including houseplants and landscape plants.

  9. List of pinnipeds - Wikipedia

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    Four seal species are estimated to have over one million members, while six are classified as endangered with population counts as low as 600, and two, the Caribbean monk seal and the Japanese sea lion, went extinct in the 20th century.