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Daha fazla oku- Seals are semi-aquatic carnivorous marine animals that live mostly in the Arctic and Antarctic regions.
- While the adult harp seal is a beautiful animal in its own right, the harp seal pup is perhaps the most charismatic and easily identifiable pinniped.
- The Baikal seal, one of the smallest true seals, marks the seal’s evolutionary transition from terrestrial to semi-aquatic.
- Seals can come in a range of sizes, from the 1.1 metre-long Baikal seal to the 6.5 metre-long elephant seal that can weigh up to 3,700 kilograms.
- Watch as a southern elephant seal pup is startled on the Argentinian coast and hear its snarl.
- Seals are aquatic mammals which belong to the family 'Pinnipedia' which means ‘winged-feet’ and refers to their flippers, which are specially adapted for life.
- The difference between a seal and a sea lion is that a sea lion can walk on land.
- Seals are scientifically known as pinnipeds, which means fin-footed, and all seals have fin-shaped feet, or feet-shaped fins, depending on your perspective.
- The most abundant pinniped is the crabeater seal, which lives in the Antarctic pack ice; the ringed seal in the Arctic is also quite abundant, with numbers in the millions.
- Due to their intelligence, playfulness, and eclectic behavior, seals are animals that are often kept in captivity by zoos and aquariums.
