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The bearded seal is unique in the subfamily Phocinae in having two pairs of teats, a feature it shares with monk seals. Bearded seals reach about 2.1 to 2.7 m (6.9 to 8.9 ft) in nose-to-tail length and from 200 to 430 kg (441 to 948 lb) in weight. [5] The female seal is larger than the male, meaning that they are sexually dimorphic.
Gerraty started hearing about the decapitated harbor seals as he was doing research on the coastal coyotes' diet; he said it was well documented that they would scavenge already-dead seals.
Nick Muto has fished up and down the New England coast and there is nothing that gets his blood boiling more than the sight of a seal. Muto, whose two boats fish for groundfish such as skate and ...
Ocean Conservation Namibia catching seals and other marine animals entangled in marine debris in Namibia. Areas of focus of OCN include: education of the world's ocean plastic crisis, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] the Namibian baby seal harvest (Namibia is one of the last places where seals are hunted for commercial purposes), [ 4 ] [ 5 ] overfishing, [ 6 ...
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Conservation status codes listed follow the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species. Range maps are provided wherever possible; if a range map is not available, a description of the pinniped's range is provided. Ranges are based on the IUCN Red List for that species unless otherwise noted.
Crabeater seals can raise their heads and arch their backs while on ice, and they are able to move quickly if not subject to overheating. Crabeater seals exhibit scarring either from leopard seal attacks around the flippers or, for males, during the breeding season while fighting for mates around the throat and jaw. [3]
A scientist has shared new footage of a close encounter he had with a rare albino seal on Russia’s Tyuleny Island last month.The ginger, blue-eyed seal pup was spotted by biologist Vladimir ...