| While there is some geographic variation in their diet, their main prey are ringed seals and bearded seals. |
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| Air cooling depends heavily on the condition of baffles, or seals, inside the engine compartment that direct air flow to where it's needed. |
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| At this spot, marine and ice conditions favour the year-round presence of ringed seals. |
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| If there are no seals to hunt, they will eat small whales, lemmings, and even geese. |
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| But in other large Arctic animals, such as polar bears and seals, these toxins are known to cause serious health problems. |
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| The early rotary engines were well known for being thirsty and wearing out the seals on the rotary piston. |
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| She receives lavish gifts and letters with armorial seals from far-away places, possibly from a lover. |
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| Protruding out the open sides were thick rolls of flesh that undulated like two well-fed seals. |
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| The rest of the men waited on a piece of rock inhabited by penguins, seals, and ice in the hope of their captain's return. |
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| I have no memory of climbing into my space suit and double-checking all the seals before I must have vented the airlock. |
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| For many years the island's white beaches were stained with the blood of tens of thousands of whales, seals, kangaroos, wallabies and possums. |
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| The next morning I awoke to the bellows, grunts and snorts of a dozen huge elephant seals wallowing on the black beach below the sleeping dongas. |
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| Come face to face with polar bears, walruses, harbour seals and beluga whales. |
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| Polar bears are seagoing hunters that roam vast areas of the Arctic, pursuing a movable feast of seals, narwhals, beluga whales, and walruses. |
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| Marine mammals include narwhals, beluga whales, walrus, and ringed and bearded seals. |
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| Aquatic mammals that live in the waters off the coast include walrus, ringed seals, bearded seals, beluga, narwhal, and various other whales. |
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| This as their visiting fans acclaimed their team with a volley of applause that would have done justice to a rookery of seals. |
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| Named after their spotted coats and fearsome jaws, leopard seals have large, reptilian heads and streamlined bodies. |
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| The watertight seals over structural joints tend to deteriorate over time as the caulking becomes less sticky and dislodges. |
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| If that RX has been sitting a long time, then those rotary seals will go out the first time you let it rip on the highway. |
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| Muddy fingers of water reach out to the famous seal colony, which is the year-round home to more than 500 seals. |
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| Sea lions, harbor seals, sea otters, porpoise and whales are common around the islands. |
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| They follow the breaking edge of the summer ice to hunt for seals, and are even known to attack beluga whales in the water. |
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| Fur seals, elephant seals, and the great whales were all hunted to the brink of extinction. |
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| Most of our evidence concerning the heraldry of twelfth-century baronial families comes from surviving seals. |
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| The behaviour we observed was similar to the behaviour of polar bears hunting seals and willow ptarmigan. |
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| The air cushion on the catamaran is contained between the sidehulls and end seals, and is generated by installed lift fans. |
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| A few days later the enemy reopens the tunnel but a friendly air strike seals it again. |
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| Those cute floppy paws are like that because they're spring-loaded killing machines, ideal for thwacking seals to death. |
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| One of his suitcases contained three cylindrical stone seals, made of marble and alabaster. |
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| The rest stay aboard a 233-foot Finnish research vessel, taking day trips to see the island's king penguins, elephant seals, and giant petrels. |
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| There are seals and porpoises, thick kelp forests, colourful corals, and large wolf fish. |
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| In fact the seals and signature were forgeries, but Mr Catt was not to know that for many months. |
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| Our abilities may be our first-level of limitations, but it is our willpower that seals it all in for us. |
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| Although leopard seals have a ferocious reputation, they do not attack humans, unless provoked. |
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| Although they are formidable hunters, leopard seals are solitary creatures and it is virtually unknown for them to attack humans. |
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| It is now illegal to hunt fur seals, except for an exemption allowing Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimos to continue to hunt at a subsistence level. |
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| Fur seals, traditionally a mainstay in the Aleut diet, are declining in number for reasons that are not yet understood. |
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| Harbor seals were found to congregate in the Saint John Harbour during the runs of alewife but not Atlantic salmon. |
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| The fishing behind the boxes has slowed down considerably due to the havoc caused by the seals that come into the Ridge Pool with the high tide. |
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| After arranging them on boards with handmade paper and acrylic paint, she seals them with layers of lacquer. |
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| In Antarctic fur seals, lactating females do not return to feed their pup until they have replenished their own reserves. |
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| The inner diameters of the seals were adapted to the diameters of the basal parts of root systems and adjusted by screws. |
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| A band of gold seals the wedding vows, and fifty years later the metal valorizes the most exalted anniversary of married bliss. |
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| Polar bears feed primarily on ringed seals and to a lesser degree on bearded seals and spotted seals. |
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| Look for seals and river otters that sometimes come in at high tide and hawks that cruise the surrounding fields for small game. |
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| However, I subsequently remembered that Canada's annual slaughter of baby fur seals has just got underway again. |
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| Three harbor seals have been trapped and maimed in recent months and left to wash ashore on New York beaches, prompting a Federal investigation. |
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| Their diet consists mostly of marine mammals such as the ringed seals, bearded seals and occasionally a walrus pup. |
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| For instance, some offshore islands are nesting sites for birds, and seals also bask on some of the inner islands and mainland coves. |
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| The deep channel often had a strong current but we still persevered and swam out to the sandbanks to join the seals who basked there. |
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| Harbor seals give birth on shore and nurse their pups for four to five weeks. |
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| Kitemarks or seals of approval are usually based on checklists of desirable attributes of quality or some other feature of the information. |
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| Magicians can point out which of the seals that seem secure can be opened and reclosed without detection. |
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| Spinner dolphins, endangered Hawaiian monk seals, and green sea turtles also live here. |
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| You may also see seals, dolphins and sometimes whales, as well as bird and fish life. |
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| The bark of seals drowns out the din of the city you left behind, and at night, the canal's placid silence is just what you need to decompress. |
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| They tend to be solid objects made of plastics, metals, and ceramics held together by screws, clips, adhesives, and heat seals. |
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| This seals the wood surface under the putty and prevents the metal frame from rusting. |
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| Others suggest that marine species were derived at least twice, with one lineage leading to the sea lions and the other to the true seals. |
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| Of all the seals in the world, only one, the leopard seal, has the reputation of a true hunter, a top predator. |
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| Female leopard seals are actually larger than males and can reach 600 kg and 3.6 m in length. |
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| The primer seals the floor, increases the tackiness of the floor and improves the adhesive qualities. |
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| Unlike the baseball-sized throat of baleen whales, this toothed whale's throat is large enough to swallow small seals whole. |
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| Next year Williams and Winstanley plan to travel to Antarctica, where they will dive under the ice to paint leopard seals attacking penguins. |
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| The seals were generally cut from steatite and were carved in intaglio or incised with a copper burin. |
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| Pull over to the side of the road for a closer look, and you will find these seals amiable enough to photograph. |
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| Recent research has shown that cement really just seals moisture in, and thus, promotes a faster rate of internal rot. |
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| As I tucked into this steaming Bunter-sized platter out on the darkening waters, I swear I heard the seals give a loud bark of disapproval. |
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| The island holds an important breeding population of grey seals and is also of ornithological interest for its colonies of breeding sea birds. |
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| Durant and Tanis were in the cargo bay with the pair, helping to make sure all connections and seals were secure. |
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| It is among the type A influenza viruses, which can affect humans as well as chickens, ducks, horses, seals, whales, and other animals. |
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| Offshore, seals loaf around on the Carracks, two rocky islets and the odd small fishing boat bounces across the surf. |
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| The two month hunt will occur at the birthplace of the seals on ice floes off the Atlantic coast. |
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| Not much else is known about the young leopard seals, because very few have ever been seen. |
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| Ice cream packages increasingly are designed with seals, again added for determination of puncture or tears. |
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| Carlos crosses the beach with the cobra twisting in his arms, folds him into his terrarium, seals the lid, and breathes. |
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| Like most other seals, leopard seals are insulated from frigid waters by a thick layer of fat known as blubber. |
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| Relatively low densities of ringed seals have been reported for the Arctic Archipelago, particularly in areas largely covered by thick multiyear ice. |
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| Taronga is noted for its stand-out collection of Australian fauna and for its work on breeding Sumatran tigers and research on Antarctic leopard seals. |
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| Agate was widely used to carve high-value objects like signets and cylinder seals in the ancient Near East. |
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| Oberweis, which currently applies a shrink-sleeve band and tear-off ring around the caps of its milk bottles, will soon launch new tamper-evident seals. |
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| Such changes directly impact the region's polar bears, since the Arctic predators hunt seals on the winter sea ice and must fast on land during the summer melt. |
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| We can see how the leopard seals have adapted to changes in the past century, and that will allow us to predict how they will cope with changes in the future. |
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| Aars said he and fellow researchers also hope to learn how polar bears and their main prey, ringed seals, are affected by changes in the global climate. |
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| You can go almost anywhere in the North and locate ringed seals to study. |
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| Most of the seals were found to consist of mixtures of beeswax and resin. |
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| If such shows risk functioning as institutional seals of approval, they can also serve as testing grounds, occasions to see if the art lives up to the hype. |
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| Impressive hunters, hungry leopard seals may burst through a spot of soft ice near a baby penguin rookery, in an attempt to grasp a penguin walking above. |
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| The door and frame assemblies can be tested to achieve specific requirements of air tightness, water infiltration or gas tightness through the use of add-on seals. |
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| Foxes, red squirrels, badgers, hares, otters, Scottish wild cats, seals and bottle-nose dolphins can be seen if you have the dedication to find them. |
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| In some instances, flat clay slabs have been found with the oblong symbols for numbers impressed on their surfaces together with many impressions of cylinder seals. |
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| Other reasons for less salmon include Russian submarines breaking up and releasing radiation, industrial farming by Denmark for sand eels, and the proliferation of seals. |
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| He binds the little flyer with black plastic ties and seals her mouth with duct tape. |
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| No seals were seen in the area on that day, although on an earlier date, one of us sighted a ringed seal in the water adjacent to the Yamal upon reaching the Pole. |
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| Grinning to myself, I lit a candle to melt his sealing wax and then proceeded to reseal each envelope with a dab of wax beneath the embossed seals I had just removed. |
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| Calligraphy and gold seals confirm the medicine man's standing. |
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| Parliament's resolution said that seals and whales eat at least 5.5 million tons of fish and krill a year, double the tonnage caught by fishermen. |
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| Whales, seabirds and wildflowers are the biggest attractions, but grey and common seals, Arctic foxes, reindeer and a variety of other species add to the appeal. |
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| The genes of these viruses produce new virus variants, including those with potential to cause epidemics in other animals, like minks, seals, swine, and humans. |
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| Bah, humbug, I say as I scrape the mould off the rubber window seals. |
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| Depending on the species, whales are either major consumers of plankton or krill or they are major predators, feeding on seals, fish, and penguins. |
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| The septal neck therefore, seals the chamber and precludes the contact between the rear mantle epithelium and those wettable surfaces that contact the cameral liquid. |
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| The skin is blackened to form a crisp casing that seals in the meat's moisture, and slathered in a distinctive sauce made with allspice, potent Scotch bonnets and thyme. |
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| These terpolymers can be processed by conventional rubber methods and used in a wide variety of applications, such as shaft seals, extrusion profiles, gaskets, and O-rings. |
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| Students could subscribe not only to particular areas of knowledge but to particular types of annotations, such as commentary or seals of approval. |
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| Brian has concentrated on the ecological diversity of the region, with its rare flowers, walruses, Bowhead whales, bearded seals, Polar bears and sea birds. |
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| These minute creatures are eaten by larger fish, and those by still larger fish, which in turn become lunch for polar bears, seals, walruses, and whales. |
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| Our research team in Antarctica includes eight biologists who travel south every austral summer to study Weddell seals as they hunt beneath the sea ice. |
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| Nobody should wish it any harm because, among others, its ship sails the oceans protecting whales and dolphins, seals and fish from over-exploitation. |
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| A power tie is one thing, but a tie clip really seals the deal. |
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| Even with a small air pocket, the warmth of a victim's breath can seal the snow around his mouth much as perspiration seals the inside of an igloo or a snow cave. |
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| For the farm, a changeover to foil seals from plastic lids and a plastic inner seal may save on material waste, but did cause several alterations at the plant. |
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| It seals the puncture and the tyre can then be reinflated ready for use. |
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| Humor uncaps our inhibitions, unleashes our energies, seals friendships, patches hurts. |
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| The lack of snow means marine mammals such as seals and polar bears struggle to build dens, while many species of birds, fish and animals have disappeared. |
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| For example, among true seals, the sexually dimorphic species, the northern elephant seal has distinct differences in diving behavior between the sexes. |
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| Like many Arctic mammals, bearded seals employ a reproductive strategy known as delayed implantation. |
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| Natural predators of the bearded seal include polar bears, who rely on these seals as a major food source. |
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| Killer whales also prey on these seals, sometimes overturning ice floes to reach them. |
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| Harp seals prefer to swim in the ocean, spending relatively little time on land. |
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| In 2006, 325,000 harp seals, as well as 10,000 hooded seals and 10,400 grey seals were killed. |
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| Hooded seals live primarily on drifting pack ice and in deep water in the Arctic Ocean and North Atlantic. |
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| The seals mass annually near the Denmark strait around July, at the time of their moulting periods, to mate. |
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| Hooded seals are a relatively unsocial species compared to other seals, and they are typically more aggressive and territorial. |
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| Male hooded seals are known to have several mates in a single mating season, following the hypothesis that they are polygynous. |
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| Throughout all areas, the hooded seals whelp in late March and early April and molt from June to August. |
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| This is due to the large stores of oxygen, either bound to hemoglobin or myoglobin, which the seals rely on to dive for extended periods of time. |
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| Ringed seals are one of the primary prey of polar bears and have long been a component of the diet of indigenous people of the Arctic. |
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| During late April through June, ringed seals are distributed throughout their range from the southern ice edge northward. |
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| Thus, ringed seals occupying the Bering and southern Chukchi seas in winter apparently are migratory, but details of their movements are unknown. |
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| Ringed seals reside in arctic waters and are commonly associated with ice floes and pack ice. |
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| The ringed seal maintains a breathing hole in the ice thus allowing it to use ice habitat that other seals cannot. |
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| Ringed seals eat a wide variety of small prey that consists of 72 species of fish and invertebrates. |
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| Ringed seals may also eat herring, smelt, whitefish, sculpin, perch, and crustaceans. |
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| Bycatch in fishing gear, such as commercial trawls, is also another threat to ringed seals. |
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| The estimated population size for the Alaska stock of ringed seals is 249,000 animals. |
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| All told, the walrus is the third largest pinniped species, after the two elephant seals. |
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| Walrus milk contains higher amounts of fats and protein compared to land animals but lower compared to phocid seals. |
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| Once the tank reached the shore, all covers and seals could be blown off via explosive cables, enabling normal combat operation. |
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| Great Britain holds important populations of grey seals, and rare bat species. |
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| Marine mammals, such as dolphins, whales, otters, and seals need to surface periodically to breathe air. |
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| Antarctic sea life includes penguins, blue whales, orcas, colossal squids and fur seals. |
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| Crabeater seals have a population of around 15 million, making them one of the most numerous large animals on the planet. |
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| Out of all permanent mammalian residents, the Weddell seals live the furthest south. |
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| It is a major breeding ground for seals, including harp seal, hooded seal and gray seal. |
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| The seals are further protected by international agreements, and fur seal populations are recovering. |
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| The eared seal was protected on and around the island in 1929 and in 1935 all seals around the island were protected. |
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| Later these deposits have the potential to become hydrocarbon seals and are of particular interest to petroleum geologists. |
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| A decline of seasonal sea ice puts the survival of Arctic species such as ringed seals and polar bears at risk. |
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| Like many peoples known in history, they were able to hunt whales and seals from their dugouts. |
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| Fur seals are protected in South Africa since 1893 although a small number are occasionally culled to protect sea birds. |
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| Many seals are caught in fishery nets and boat propellers, but the seals are also regularly accused of stealing fish from the fisheries. |
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| Fish that eat zooplankton could constitute the fourth trophic level, while seals consuming the fish are the fifth. |
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| Atlantic halibut are eaten by seals, and are a staple food of the Greenland shark. |
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| Cod are cannibals and are eaten at various life stages by various other fishes, seals and whales. |
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| Until recently, sea lions were grouped under a single subfamily called Otariinae, whereas fur seals were grouped in the subfamily Arcocephalinae. |
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| All sea lions have certain features in common, in particular their coarse, short fur, greater bulk, and larger prey than fur seals. |
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| Oil coats the fur of sea otters and seals, reducing its insulating effect, and leading to fluctuations in body temperature and hypothermia. |
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| Cylinder seals were both artistic and practical, and very widely used by what can be loosely called the middle class in the Ancient Near East. |
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| Cosquer Cave in Southern France contains cave art over 16,000 years old, including drawings of seals which appear to have been harpooned. |
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| The reserve is the home of one of the largest colonies of Cape fur seals in the world. |
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| There they captured giant sea turtles, Caribbean monk seals, and thousands of seabirds. |
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| Marine life is known to exist in the estuary, with seals, crabs, and some whales reported. |
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| The first seals had flipper tags identifying them as being from the Pribilof or Commander Islands in the Bering Sea. |
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| Cuyler has a sandy beach and visitors will often find themselves sharing the beach with elephant seals. |
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| It is also one of the best places to watch northern elephant seals in the winter months. |
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| Ringed seals are common elsewhere along James Bay and polar bears can be seen targeting the seals for prey. |
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| Polar bears hunt their preferred food of seals from the edge of sea ice, often living off fat reserves when no sea ice is present. |
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| Before the heavy industrialisation of the Tees, the flats at Seal Sands in the estuary were home to common seals. |
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| The polar bear is among the most sexually dimorphic of mammals, surpassed only by the pinnipeds such as elephant seals. |
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| Then they begin the long walk from the denning area to the sea ice, where the mother can once again catch seals. |
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| The polar bear may swim underwater for up to three minutes to approach seals on shore or on ice floes. |
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| Thinner sea ice tends to deform more easily, which appears to make it more difficult for polar bears to access seals. |
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| This subpopulation feeds heavily on ringed seals in late spring, when newly weaned and easily hunted seal pups are abundant. |
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| It has been claimed that polar bears will be able to adapt to terrestrial food sources as the sea ice they use to hunt seals disappears. |
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| However, Scott discovered that a diet of fresh meat from Antarctic seals cured scurvy before any fatalities occurred. |
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| It is one of only three entirely freshwater seal populations in the world, the other two being subspecies of ringed seals. |
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| The majority of the sea's islands are uninhabited making them ideal breeding grounds for seals, sea lions, seabirds, and other sea island fauna. |
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| The pope's seals are defaced, to keep them from ever being used again, and his personal apartment is sealed. |
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| In Scotland, a separate form of arms was used on seals until the Act of Union. |
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| The structural components are, generally, the frame members, bearings, splines, springs, seals, fasteners and covers. |
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| A number of machine elements provide important structural functions such as the frame, bearings, splines, spring and seals. |
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| When lowered, the Francis gate seals the city's canal system off from its source on the Merrimack. |
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| England's seas are a haven for many sea mammals, including various types of whales, dolphins and seals. |
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| Air sweepage, stream or electric heating, and oil seals are used for this purpose, according to the application. |
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| Thrust balance is achieved with a balance piston with labyrinths on the rotating part and abradable seals on the stationary part. |
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| This is home to thousands of wandering albatrosses, giant petrels, penguins and fur seals. |
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| Caulking, weatherstripping, and plastic seals are simple, effective actions for improve efficiency. |
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| The resulting EPDM profiles are used for weatherstrips and automotive seals. |
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| The biathlon is as exciting as armed seals waddling through a marathon. |
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| The product utilizes the same impellers, diaphragms, bearings and seals in both axially and radially split models. |
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| This sealing property is useful for items such as gaskets and seals, rubber keypads, medical catheters and pharmaceutical packaging. |
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| The seals, which are designed to seal inflation valve aspirators after full inflate volume is reached, are molded from silicone. |
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| Virtually all dock seal manufacturers have offered fire retardant fabric and foam components in their dock seals for years. |
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| Finally, a Tang mortuary tablet seals the impression of unity and refinement in its copious brocadelike relief. |
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| This reduces flow into the borehole from the surrounding rock formation, and partially seals off the borehole from the surrounding rock. |
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| Subadult elephant seals will sneak into female clusters and try to blend in by pulling in their noses. |
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| Special seals, which fit over the cutter opening when it is out of the flow, prevent dustout and sample contamination. |
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| The lead seals confining the liquefying body of the former king were not secure and foulsome black ooze seeped from one edge. |
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| There are important populations of seals and internationally significant nesting grounds for a variety of seabirds such as gannets. |
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| Common seals breed in Strangford Lough, grey seals in southwest Wales and, in small numbers, on the Isle of Man. |
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| Common seals, and harbour porpoises can be found along the coasts, at marine installations, and on islands. |
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| Endangered marine species include the manatee, seals, sea lions, turtles, and whales. |
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| The islands of Annet and Samson have large terneries and the islands are well populated by seals. |
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| There were no signatures on the charter of 1215, and the barons present did not attach their own seals to it. |
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| The population of grey and harbour seals numbers up to 700 in the Thames Estuary. |
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| Atlantic grey seals from Liverpool Bay occasionally venture into the estuary along with bottlenose dolphin and harbour porpoise. |
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| In June, James Waldegrave, 2nd Earl Waldegrave, held the seals of office for only four days. |
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| The provision of separate seals is one of the earliest indications of the separate identity and personality of the two Bailiwicks. |
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| The Hebrides have lower biodiversity than mainland Britain, but there is a significant presence of seals and seabirds. |
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| Orkney has an abundance of wildlife, especially of grey and common seals and seabirds such as puffins, kittiwakes, tysties, ravens, and bonxies. |
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| The Committee which last met in 1988 is concerned with the design and usage of wafer seals. |
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| Peel was forced to resign as prime minister on 29 June, and the Whig leader, Lord John Russell, assumed the seals of office. |
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| The Protoliterate period in Mesopotamia, dominated by Uruk, saw the production of sophisticated works like the Warka Vase and cylinder seals. |
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| Native to the cliffs of northern California are seals, sea lions, and many types of shorebirds, including migratory species. |
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| Among pinnipeds, Steller's sea lions, northern fur seals, spotted seals and harbor seals are abundant along much of the peninsula. |
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| Further north, walruses and bearded seals can be encountered on the Pacific side, and ribbon seals reproduce on the ice of Karaginsky Bay. |
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| It also forms a layer that seals the break, so the plant does not lose sap. |
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| Dolphins, seals and otters inhabit the loch, and basking sharks can appear in its waters during the summer months. |
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| A general increase in all classes of nonbreeding seals is perhaps the most obvious comparative result of the census. |
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| In ancient Mesopotamia carved or engraved cylinder seals in stone or other materials were used. |
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| Recently, seals have come to light in South Arabia datable to the Himyarite age. |
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| The seals of the Han dynasty were impressed in a soft clay, but from the Tang dynasty a red ink made from cinnabar was normally used. |
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| East Asian seals usually bear the names of the people or organizations represented, but they can also bear poems or personal mottoes. |
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| Sometimes both types of seals, or large seals that bear both names and mottoes, are used to authenticate official documents. |
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| Seals are so important in East Asia that foreigners who frequently conduct business there also commission the engraving of personal seals. |
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| East Asian seals are carved from a variety of hard materials, including wood, soapstone, sea glass and jade. |
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| Some seals, carved by famous engravers, or owned by famous artists or political leaders, have become valuable as historical works of art. |
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| The materials of seals and the styles of the engraving are typically matched to the personalities of the owners. |
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| Seals are sometimes carved with the owners' zodiac animals on the tops of the seals. |
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| East Asian paintings often bear multiple seals, including one or two seals from the artist, and the seals from the owners of the paintings. |
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| Byzantine Emperors sometimes issued documents with gold seals, known as Golden Bulls. |
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| Wax seals were being used on a fairly regular basis by most western royal chanceries by about the end of the 10th century. |
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| In general, seals are no longer used in these ways except for ceremonial purposes. |
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| Medieval townspeople used a wide variety of different emblems but some had seals that included an image relating to their work. |
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| The custom of bishops possessing seals may from this date be assumed to have been pretty general. |
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| Most smaller classical engraved gems were probably originally worn as signet rings, or as seals on a necklace. |
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| It appears in numerous flags, including those of Scotland and Jamaica, and other coats of arms and seals. |
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| Silver and its alloys with gold are used as wire or ring seals for oxygen compressors and vacuum equipment. |
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| Gray seals lack external ear flaps and characteristically have large snouts. |
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| During the winter months grey seals can be seen hauled out on rocks, islands, and shoals not far from shore, occasionally coming ashore to rest. |
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| Similar wounds on the carcasses of pups found elsewhere in the region suggest that cannibalism and infanticide may not be uncommon in grey seals. |
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| Bounties were paid on all kinds of seals up until 1945 in Maine and 1962 in Massachusetts. |
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| According to a genetics study, the United States population has formed as a result of recolonization by Canadian seals. |
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| A count of 15,756 gray seals in southeastern Massachusetts coastal waters was made in 2011 by the National Marine Fisheries Service. |
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| Also grey seals are seen increasingly in New York and New Jersey waters, and it's expected that they will establish colonies further south. |
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| In the UK seals are protected under the Conservation of Seals Act 1970, however it does not apply to Northern Ireland. |
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| In the UK there have also been calls for a cull from some fishermen, claiming that stocks have declined due to the seals. |
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| Grey seals have proved amenable to life in captivity and are commonly found zoo animals around their native range, particularly in Europe. |
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| Dolphins feed largely on fish and squid, but a few, like the killer whale, feed on large mammals, like seals. |
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| The headland is abundant in wildflowers and wildlife and the waters around it provide a rich habitat for fish, grey seals and porpoises. |
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| Animals commonly found in the lough include common seals, basking sharks and brent geese. |
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| Their predators include dolphins, sharks, fish, seals, seabirds, and other cuttlefish. |
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| Grey seals are also known to attack harbour porpoises by biting off chunks of fat as a high energy source. |
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| Marine top predators like porpoises and seals accumulate pollutants such as heavy metals, PCBs and pesticides in their fat tissue. |
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| Some feed exclusively on fish, while others hunt marine mammals such as seals and dolphins. |
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| Of three orca ecotypes in the Antarctic, one preys on minke whales, the second on seals and penguins and the third on fish. |
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| Resident killer whales swim with porpoises, other dolphins, seals, and sea lions, which are common prey for transient killer whales. |
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| Individual harbor seals possess a unique pattern of spots, either dark on a light background or light on a dark. |
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| In one legend, seals, whales and other marine mammals were formed from her severed fingers. |
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| It is legal to kill seals perceived to threaten fisheries in the United Kingdom, Norway and Canada, but commercial hunting is illegal. |
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| Harbor seals have been recorded to attack, kill and eat several kinds of duck. |
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| Harbor seals must spend a great deal of time on shore when moulting, which occurs shortly after breeding. |
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| Pacific harbor seals or Californian harbor seals are found along the entire Pacific coast shoreline of the state. |
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| As top level feeders in the kelp forest, harbor seals enhance species diversity and productivity. |
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| Harbor seals are normally found along the Atlantic Coast and islands from Maine southward to Massachusetts. |
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| Harbor seals move down from eastern Canadian waters to breed along the coast of Maine in May and June, and return northward in fall. |
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| Though not as fast in the water as dolphins, seals are more flexible and agile. |
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| Once relentlessly hunted by commercial industries for their products, seals and walruses are now protected by international law. |
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| Some species, such as ribbon seals, ringed seals and leopard seals, have patterns of contrasting light and dark coloration. |
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| In addition, seals can tolerate large amounts of lactic acid, which reduces skeletal muscle fatigue during intense physical activity. |
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| The northern fur seal pants to help stay cool, while monk seals often dig holes in the sand to expose cooler layers to rest in. |
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| Like other marine mammals, seals sleep in water with half of their brain awake so that they can detect and escape from predators. |
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| Only monk seals live in waters that are not typically cool or rich in nutrients. |
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| The Baikal seal is the only freshwater species, though some ringed seals live in freshwater lakes in Russia close to the Baltic sea. |
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| In addition, harbor seals may visit estuaries, lakes and rivers and sometimes stay as long as a year. |
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| To subdue and kill seals, orcas continuously ram them with their heads, slap them with their tails and fling them in the air. |
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| The polar bear is well adapted for hunting Arctic seals and walruses, particularly pups. |
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| Arctic seals use more breathing holes per individual, appear more restless when hauled out, and rarely defecate on the ice. |
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| Leopard seals typically target crabeater pups, which form an important part of their diet from November to January. |
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| Steller sea lions have been recorded eating the pups of harbor seals, northern fur seals and California sea lions. |
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| New Zealand sea lions feed on pups of some fur seal species, and the South American sea lion may prey on South American fur seals. |
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| Lekking may also exist among California sea lions, South American fur seals, New Zealand sea lions and harbor seals. |
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| In some species, including elephant seals and grey seals, males will try to lay claim to the desired females and defend them from rivals. |
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| Alternative mating strategies also exist in young male grey seals, which do have some success. |
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| Antarctic seals are more vocal on land or ice than Arctic seals due to a lack of terrestrial and pagophliic predators like the polar bear. |
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| The underwater vocals of Weddell seals can last 70 seconds, which is long for a marine mammal call. |
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| Similar calls have been recorded in other lobodontine seals and in bearded seals. |
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| In addition, the vocals of northern elephant seals may produce infrasonic vibrations. |
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| Male hooded seals use their inflatable nasal membranes to display to and attract females. |
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| The Greeks believed that seals loved both the sea and sun and were considered to be under the protection of the gods Poseidon and Apollo. |
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| The skins of fur seals and phocids are made into coats, and the tusks of walruses continue to be used for carvings or as ornaments. |
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| Exploited species included harp seals, hooded seals, Caspian seals, elephant seals, walruses and all species of fur seal. |
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| The Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals allows limited hunting of crabeater seals, leopard seals and Weddell seals. |
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| Other species protected are southern elephant seals, Ross seals and Antarctic fur seals. |
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| Gillnetting and Seine netting is a significant cause of mortality in seals and other marine mammals. |
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| Species commonly entangled include California sea lions, Hawaiian monk seals, northern fur seals and brown fur seals. |
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| A few yards off the northeastern coast is Seal's Rock which is so called after the seals which rest on and inhabit the islet. |
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| Just south of the harbour is a small strand leading to Greenore Point, where grey seals are usually to be seen. |
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