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...
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isolated population of harbor seals exists in Iliamna Lake, Alaska. These seals represent an isolated population of the Pacific Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi)...
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The Ungava seal (Phoca vitulina mellonae) is a subspecies of harbor seal, endemic to a small series of freshwater lakes in the Ungava Peninsula, located...
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autumn when spotted seals mate and have pups. Smaller numbers are found in the Beaufort Sea. It is sometimes mistaken for the harbor seal to which it is closely...
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The earless seals, phocids, or true seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal lineage, Pinnipedia. All true seals are members...
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Pinniped (redirect from Seal (mammal))
species—the harbor seal, California sea lion and northern elephant seal—found that the sea lion was best adapted for airborne hearing, the elephant seal for underwater...
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as Seal Rob van Vurren as Harbor Seal Louw Venter as Harbor Seal Matthew Wood as: Seal Shark Tarryn Wyndgaard as Harbor Seal In 2018, Triggerfish Animation...
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André the Seal (May 16, 1961 – July 19, 1986) was a male harbor seal pup found off the island of Robinson's Rock in Penobscot Bay, Maine, United States...
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from the smaller harbor seal by its straight head profile, nostrils set well apart, and fewer spots on its body. Wintering hooded seals can be confused...
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1985) was a harbor seal who was able to imitate basic human speech. On May 5, 1971, Scottie Dunning discovered a tiny male harbor seal pup on the shore...
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Popeye is the name of a female harbor seal that frequently appeared in the marina of Friday Harbor on San Juan Island, Washington, between the mid-1990s...
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Elephant seals or sea elephants are very large, oceangoing earless seals in the genus Mirounga. Both species, the northern elephant seal (M. angustirostris)...
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The leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), also referred to as the sea leopard, is the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic (after the southern elephant...
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Dehnhardt G (2013). "Vibrissal touch sensing in the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina): how do seals judge size?". Journal of Comparative Physiology A. 199...
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Mount Desert, Maine (redirect from Seal Harbor, Maine)
the town currently encompasses the villages of Otter Creek, Seal Harbor, Northeast Harbor, Somesville, Hall Quarry, and Pretty Marsh. According to the...
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slender physique distinguish them from their cousin, the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina). The monk seal's physique is ideal for hunting its prey: fish, lobster...
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Pusa are the grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) and the species in the genus Phoca (the harbor seal and largha seal), in which ringed seals were formerly classified...
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Children's Pool Beach (section Seals and sea lions)
Pool has become the subject of a debate related to a growing colony of harbor seals which has inhabited the beach since the mid-1990s. The San Diego City...
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fur seal industry dominated the economy of the Pribilofs until 1985. St. Paul is a port for the Central Bering Sea fishing fleet, and major harbor improvements...
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The United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy's primary special operations force and a component...
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Baikal seal, Lake Baikal seal or nerpa (Pusa sibirica) is a species of earless seal endemic to Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia. Like the Caspian seal, it...
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Strawberry Lagoon (section Harbor seal presence)
particularly on Strawberry Spit, is a winter haul-out area for the Harbor seal. Pressures of urban development at Strawberry Point along with increases...
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Steller sea lion (redirect from Northern Sealion)
Very occasionally, they have been known to prey on northern fur seals, harbor seals, and sea otter pups. Records suggest that the range of their prey...
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located in Boston, Massachusetts. The species exhibited include harbor and northern fur seals, California sea lions, African and southern rockhopper penguins...
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earless seals, within the family Phocidae. It now contains just two species, the common seal (or harbour seal) and the spotted seal (or largha seal). Several...
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Monk seals are earless seals of the tribe Monachini. They are the only earless seals found in tropical climates. The two genera of monk seals, Monachus...
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The southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) is one of two species of elephant seals. It is the largest member of the clade Pinnipedia and the order...
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2023. Chip is an anthropomorphic harbor seal, who loves football and roots for RIFC as his favorite team. The harbor seal is the official marine mammal of...
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The Mediterranean monk seal (Monachus monachus) is a monk seal belonging to the family Phocidae. As of 2015[update], it is estimated that fewer than 700...
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