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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 and North seas.
Harbor seals are brown, silvery white, tan, or gray, with distinctive V-shaped nostrils. An adult can attain a length of 1.85 m (6.1 ft) and a mass of up to 168 kg (370 lb). Blubber under the seal's skin helps to maintain body temperature. Females outlive males (30–35 years versus 20–25 years). Harbor seals stick to familiar resting spots or haulout sites, generally rocky areas (although ice, sand, and mud may also be used) where they are protected from adverse weather conditions and predation, near a foraging area. Males may fight over mates under water and on land. Females bear a single pup after a nine-month gestation, which they care for alone. Pups can weigh up to 16 kg (35 lb) and are able to swim and dive within hours of birth. They develop quickly on their mothers' fat-rich milk, and are weaned after four to six weeks.
The global population of harbor seals is 350,000–500,000, but the freshwater subspecies Ungava seal in Northern Quebec is endangered. Once a common practice, sealing is now illegal in many nations within the animal's range.
Description
Individual harbor seals possess a unique pattern of spots, either dark on a light background or light on a dark. They vary in colour from brownish black to tan or grey; underparts are generally lighter. The body and flippers are short, heads are rounded. Nostrils appear distinctively V-shaped. As with other true seals, there is no pinna (ear flap). An ear canal may be visible behind the eye. Including the head and flippers, they may reach an adult length of 1.85 m (6.1 ft) and a weight of 55 to 168 kg (120 to 370 lb). Females are generally smaller than males.
Population
There are an estimated 350,000–500,000 harbor seals worldwide. While the population is not threatened as a whole, the Greenland, Hokkaidō and Baltic Sea populations are exceptions. Local populations have been reduced or eliminated through disease (especially the phocine distemper virus) and conflict with humans, both unintentionally and intentionally. Killing seals perceived to threaten fisheries is legal in Norway, and Canada, but commercial hunting is illegal. Seals are also taken in subsistence hunting and accidentally as bycatch (mainly in bottomset nets). Along the Norwegian coast, bycatch accounted for 48% of pup mortality. Killing or taking seals has been illegal in the United Kingdom since 1 March 2021.
Seals in the United Kingdom are protected by the 1970 Conservation of Seals Act, which prohibits most forms of killing. In the United States, the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 prohibits the killing of any marine mammals, and most local ordinances, as well as NOAA, instruct citizens to leave them alone unless serious danger to the seal exists.
Habitat and diet
Harbor seals prefer to frequent familiar resting sites. They may spend several days at sea and travel up to 50 km in search of feeding grounds, and will also swim more than a hundred miles upstream into fresh water in large rivers in search of migratory fish like shad and likely salmon.[citation needed] Resting sites may be both rugged, rocky coasts, such as those of the Hebrides or the shorelines of New England, or sandy beaches, like the ones that flank Normandy in Northern France or the Outer Banks of North Carolina.[1] Harbor seals frequently congregate in harbors, bays, sandy intertidal zones,[1] and estuaries in pursuit of prey fish such as salmon, menhaden, anchovy, sea bass, herring, mackerel, cod, whiting and flatfish, and occasionally shrimp, crabs, mollusks, and squid. Atlantic subspecies of either Europe or North America also exploit deeper-dwelling fish of the genus Ammodytes as a food source and Pacific subspecies have been recorded occasionally consuming fish of the genus Oncorhynchus. Although primarily coastal, dives of over 500 m have been recorded. Harbor seals have been recorded to attack, kill and eat several kinds of ducks.
Behavior, survival, and reproduction
Harbor seals are solitary, but are gregarious when hauled out and during the breeding season, though they do not form groups as large as some other seals. When not actively feeding, they haul to rest. They tend to be coastal, not venturing more than 20 km offshore. The mating system is not known, but thought to be polygamous. Females give birth once per year, with a gestation period around nine months. Females have a mean age at sexual maturity of 3.72 years and a mean age at first parturition of 4.64. Both courtship and mating occur under water. Researchers have found males gather under water, turn on their backs, put their heads together, and vocalize to attract females ready for breeding. Pregnancy rate of females was 92% from age 3 to age 36, with lowered reproductive success after the age of 25 years.
Birthing of pups occurs annually on shore. The timing of the pupping season varies with location, occurring in February for populations in lower latitudes, and as late as July in the subarctic zone. The mothers are the sole providers of care, with lactation lasting 24 days. The single pups are born well developed, capable of swimming and diving within hours. Suckling for three to four weeks, pups feed on the mother's rich, fatty milk and grow rapidly; born weighing up to 16 kilograms, the pups may double their weight by the time of weaning.
Harbor seals must spend a great deal of time on shore when molting, which occurs shortly after breeding. This onshore time is important to the life cycle, and can be disturbed when substantial human presence occurs. The timing of onset of molt depends on the age and sex of the animal, with yearlings molting first and adult males last. A female mates again immediately following the weaning of her pup. Harbor seals are sometimes reluctant to haul out in the presence of humans, so shoreline development and access must be carefully studied in known locations of seal haul out.
In comparison to many pinniped species, and in contrast to otariid pinnipeds, harbor seals are generally regarded to be more vocally reticent. However, they do utilize non-harmonic vocalizations to maintain breeding territories and to attract mates during specified times of year, and also during mother and pup interactions.
Annual survival rates were calculated at 0.91 for adult males, and 0.902 for adult females. Maximum age for females was 36 and for males 31 years.
Pacific Coast
The California population of subspecies P. v. richardsi amounted to about 25,000 individuals as of 1984. Pacific harbor seals or California harbor seals are found along the entire Pacific Coast shoreline of the state. They prefer to remain relatively close to shore in subtidal and intertidal zones, and have not been seen beyond the Channel Islands as a pelagic form; moreover, they often venture into bays and estuaries and even swim up coastal rivers. They feed in shallow littoral waters on herring, flounder, hake, anchovy, codfish, and sculpin.
Breeding occurs in California from March to May, with pupping between April and May, depending on local populations. As top-level feeders in the kelp forest, harbor seals enhance species diversity and productivity. They are preyed upon by killer whales (orcas) and white sharks. Haul out sites in California include urban beaches and from time to time they can be seen having a nap on the beach in all of San Francisco Bay, which would include the conurbation of Richmond, Oakland, and San Francisco, the Greater Los Angeles area, which would include Santa Barbara, the city of Los Angeles itself, and Long Beach, and all of San Diego Bay, most famously beaches near La Jolla.
Considerable scientific inquiry has been carried out by the Marine Mammal Center and other research organizations beginning in the 1980s regarding the incidence and transmission of diseases in harbor seals in the wild, including analysis of phocine herpesvirus. In San Francisco Bay, some harbor seals are fully or partially reddish in color, possibly caused by an accumulation of trace elements such as iron or selenium in the ocean, or a change in the hair follicles.
Although some of the largest harbor seal pupping areas are found in California, they are also found north along the Pacific Coast in Oregon, Washington, British Columbia and Alaska. Large populations move with the season south along the west coast of Canada and may winter on the islands in Washington and Oregon. Pupping is known to occur in both Washington and Oregon as of 2020. People are advised to stay at least 50m away from harbor seals that have hauled out on land, especially the pups, as mothers will abandon them if there's too much human activity nearby.
Atlantic Coast
Historically, the range of the harbor seal extended from the mouth of the St. Lawrence River and Greenland to the sandy beaches of North Carolina, a distance of well over a thousand miles (greater than 1600 km.) Evidence of their presence in these areas is consistent with both the fossil record as well as a few landmarks named for them during colonization: Robbin's Reef, off of Bayonne, New Jersey, gets its name from the Dutch word robben, meaning "seals". On the border between Canada and the US is an island known as Machias Seal Island, a place where today the harbor seal will occasionally visit but is now a sanctuary for puffins. Over the course of hundreds of years, however, the seal was wiped out steadily by being shot on sight by fishermen and by massive pollution. The evidence for this is found in documents all along the coast of New England which put a bounty on the head of every seal shot, as well as the accounts of harbormasters. New York City, when it was founded in the 1640s, was founded on top of an enormous estuary teeming with life that included the harbor seal. Oil in the 1800s started the process of pollution that was later compounded by even more toxic 20th century chemicals that included PCB's and dioxin. By the time of the 1972 Clean Water Act, New York Harbor was almost dead-almost no living thing could survive in it. Approximately 300 miles to the north, Boston Harbor was equally polluted. Raw sewage had been dumped in the harbor since the late 1800s and the stench of fecal matter in the Charles River was overpowering, as evidenced by the song "Dirty Water" by the Standells, written in 1966. Flatfish, abundant in the area, had enormous tumors in their livers by the 1980s and the harbor seal was long gone, shot to oblivion.
As of 2020, however, the seals have returned. They never were extirpated from Canada and certain pockets of the Maine coast, and thus an important mother population was created from whence the species could reclaim the home of their ancestors. Currently, they are sighted as far south as the barrier islands of North Carolina on a regular basis, with Massachusetts being the southernmost point of known pupping areas along the Atlantic Coast. Harbor seals move south from eastern Canadian waters to breed along the coast of Maine, Cape Cod, and the South Shore in Massachusetts in May and June, and return northward in fall. Others will head south from these areas to "vacation" in warmer waters, particularly young seals unable to compete with adults for food and territory; they do not return north until spring.
One park ranger in New York City, which is dead center of its West Atlantic range, says that "New York is like their Miami resort." This refers to the habit of young seals leaving Cape Cod and even some Arctic waters to inhabit the harbor in winter. In 2018 the New York Post reported that the harbor is now "cleaner than it has been in 110 years," and since the first decade of the 21st century, the harbor seal has found the old turf of its ancestors to be a land of plenty and the water to be livable. Within sight of the New York skyline, known colonies of harbor seals are found on Hoffman and Swinburne Islands as well as portions of Red Hook and Staten Island, readily hauling out every from October until very early May. Known favorite foods of the seal are returning in grand numbers to New York Harbor as well as nearby New Jersey, from Raritan Bay all the way down the entire Jersey Shore, with schools of mossbunker regularly attracting harbor seals, their cousins the grey seals, dolphins and, most recently, whales. Both the northern and southern shores of Long Island have a reliable population of harbor seals as well as greys, where they will take sand lance as well as some species of crab as part of their diet.
Injury from waste in the world's oceans
A major problem is injury from litter floating in the world's oceans. Seals get entangled in nets of general waste like garments, old fishing lines from hobby and professional fishermen and packaging waste (packaging straps) and fishing hooks from professional shark and tuna fishing. If they cannot free themselves from the entanglement, these grow into the skin or flippers of young and old seals and the animals will die from them. The organisation Ocean Conservation Namibia has freed about 3000 seals from such dangerous waste and documents such rescue operations on YouTube.
Notable individuals
Andre, rescued and trained by his owner Harry Goodridge, he became an iconic figure in his hometown of Rockport, Maine.
Hoover, also rescued from a Maine harbor. Hoover became famous for his ability to imitate human speech, something not observed in any other mammal.
Popeye, the official seal of Friday Harbor, Washington, notable for her common sightings up until 2019, when she was presumed to have died. She was identified and named for her cloudy left eye. There is a statue of her in the Port of Friday Harbor.
Freddie, a seal pup commonly spotted along the Thames in central London. Named after Freddie Mercury due to his bushy whiskers and playfulness. Freddie was known to travel unusually far into London from the Thames Estuary, and was often sighted as far west as Hammersmith. On 21 March 2021 he had to be put down after he was violently mauled by an out-of-control dog.
I thought the Pirakas were the shit, unfourtantly that year marked the spot where the bionicle franchise slowly went downhill, sad.
Finally finished.
Crappy indoor light.
What I did:
- Reroot with Socialite Brown Suri Alpaca fiber from Black Meadow Farm
- Lip Carving
- Carved nostrils
- new Make-Up with Schmincke pastel chalk, watercolor pencils and MSC semigloss spray
- 3 pairs of new eyechips (front: Brain Worm R18 Toffee with foil, left: Cool Cat BF-M05 (Gold Dust), right: Cool Cat BF-05)
- Boggling
- Gazecorrection
- new lashes (from megaciti on Ebay)
- Sleep eyes and new pullstrings (Twiggy Twiggy "Chocolate" and Cool Cat "PU-05")
- Licca-Arms
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The Copper-cheeked Frog (or White-lipped Frog) occurs in shallow streams in lowland primary forest, adjacent secondary forest, and freshwater swamp forest.
Adult frogs generally perch low down on streamside branches or fallen forest debris. They are moderately small in size, measuring up to 7 cm but generally less than 4 cm. Their unusual call sounds somewhat like dripping water.
Skin colour can be variable, comprising various shades of green, yellow and brown with minor speckling on the dorsum and hind legs. The species is best identified by the large, brown eardrum, and white lips.
Another in the series... Why does blue ice have this effect on us? Blue has a calming effect and when displayed in this icy form it becomes sublime beyond words. This is one of nature's many spells that can transfix you in a numinous gaze... unless you're firing your camera like crazy. We were lucky to have such a sunny day to see how the light shines through these spellbinding icebergs.
Seen in Lake Argentina in Los Glaciares National Park.
Like a steam from a locomotive, warm moist breath billows from flared nostrils of this bull moose. It condenses in the chilly morning air. It's early October, the rut has begun, and he is determined to find an available mate to quell his inner yearnings for companionship. His coat shimmers in the morning sunlight, wet from crossing a length of the Snake River near Oxbow Bend. He will need to cross the tortuous river two more times before reaching his hallowed ground. He is a young bull. Older, larger males could easily prevent him from mating this season, but that won't stop him from trying. Moose populations are on the decline across most of North America. An excellent article in this month's "National Wildlife" magazine sheds some light on the reasons for their decline. This is North American icon that we don't want to lose. #ILoveNature #ILoveWildlife #ILoveMoose #WildlifePhotography in #GTNP #GrandTetonNationalPark #Nature in #Wyoming #Wildlife #Moose #Photography #Picoftheday #Photooftheday #DrDADBooks #MooseCanFly
Cool Cat BH-05 with foil (orange Brainworm foil and Cool Cat laser foil).
Morle, Maude80's Bohemian Peace is now a custom made by me.
What I did:
- Sandmatting
- Lip carving
- Nostril carving
- Face up with Schmincke pastel chalk and gloss varnish
- Sleep eyes
- Boggling
- Gazecorrection
- 3 new pairs of eyechips (front: Cool Cat BH-05 with foil and unknown origin, right: unknown origin)
- cut fringe/bangs
- hair treatment
I am a craniac! For more information on these and other cranes go to www.savingcranes.org See also, www.operationmigration.org.
I actually reversed this one, otherwise it would be brought to you by the letter, Z, LOL! My favorite part is the ever present trait I personally believe makes him male. Pibb's huge nostrils you can see daylight through are a trait of his daddy Classic. People often ask how I tell them apart, and I feel so nerdy explaining Classic's nostrils, Cherry's knees, and how I see them in the chicks. It also makes me happy and a little proud to be able to know them so well and have the opportunity to photograph their lives. I'm a proud nerd and craniac!
Pibb is beginning to get his big boy feathers, and they itch as they emerge. It is so cute to watch him do his best to scratch them. He is growing so fast! Hugs and thanks for viewing! =o)
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"Turbulent air stirs nostrils. Tiny antennae hairs
curl against early dawns unfolding light.
Ahead, left jockeyless in the night,without a friend,
a messed up thoroughbred,hurdler with disrupted
mane and tresses, horse hair matted, body stained
black as molasses, wrenched off his rocker,
saddle stolen, varnish flakes fallen, to remind the pavement
what might have been,if covered against obscene stubs,
spittle, chewing gummed soles, rivulets of pee. An inanely bold grin,
bit between wooden teeth, dull glass eye; he seemed to cry,
"Take me home,I'm a good little horse Don't want to spend
the night alone."I walked past as my vision blurred, causing me
to stumble on a bundle of rags, abandoned doll also off course stirred.
Picked myself up, wiped a tear from my eye. Why did I cry?
A soft voice whispered yet no one was there, "Roundabouts and swings,
all those many things denied. The gift that used to lie
top of your birthday list. Dapple grey pony who would
snort and hiss, walk and talk like Mr. Ed
told bedtime stories as he tucked you up in bed.
Stirred up the cocoa from the bottom of your cup, fly by night ride
as you shrieked for him to stop, through a starlit silvery sky;
his hot breath blowing your sleepy tight curls. Yes! You weep for each
furry cuddly toy you enjoyed, when you were a girl or boy."
"Abandoned Rocking Horse"
A poem about another abandoned toy but it captures something of the mood .... Just thinking about all the old favourites who may be replaced with new favourites at Christmas ...
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Cow Nose (Bulgaria)
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single occupancy unisex restroom.
Coat hanger over door, does not have urinal.
public restrooms (all images)
Alternate Nostril Breathing - Nadi Shodhana Pranayama youtu.be/Khj843WDYGo Nadi Shodhana or alternate nostril breathing is an incredibly powerful Yoga pranayama technique. Nadi Shodhana can help you balance the hemispheres of your brain, provide calm in times of stress and relieve anxiety. In this video, Michelle Goldstein teaches you how to perform alternate nostril breathing with clear and concise instruction. Nadi Shodhan balances the two energy channels (known in Sanskrit as Ida and Pingula) that run from the base of the spine to the brain. These channels are said to run alongside the central energy channel known as Shushumna. In Yogic science, it is said that Pranic (and later Kundalini) energy cannot flow up the Shushumna unless the Ida and Pingula channels (and the two hemispheres of the brain) are in perfect balance. As such, Nadi Shodhona is an incredibly important foundational yoga technique needed to prepare the body for the rise of Kundalini energy from it's resting place at the base of the spine to the crown of the head. About Michelle Goldstein: Michelle has maintained a daily yoga practice for 16 years. Micgelle has studied and practiced with many inspiring teachers including Max Strom, Saul David Raye, Bryan Kest of Santa Monica Power Yoga, Erich Schiffman, Annie Carpenter, Vinnie Marino, & Jerome Mercier. Michelle has been teaching yoga flow and meditation for over 10 years and leads workshops, immersions & retreats worldwide as well as teaching at Santa Monica Power Yoga & Equinox Fitness Clubs. Known for her creative vinyasas (sequences of yoga asana) and pranayama, Michelle Goldstein's teaching integrates influences from various forms of movement and meditation set to powerfully inspiring backdrops of music. Approaching instruction with a deep spiritual reverence for the sacredness of yoga coupled with a joyous playful sense of humor, Michelle's classes offer a safe, nurturing and challenging environment for students to come and explore their mental and physical boundaries. Check out some of our other Yoga Videos here: Yoga Workout Yoga Flow w/ Gloria Boraquio youtu.be/4_mOELQh9m8 Power Yoga Flow 30 Minute Cardio Flow Yoga Workout youtu.be/cRJlOKb_chs Bikram Yoga inpsired Class with Maggie Grove youtu.be/V5i5Qz2IGJE Power Yoga for Weight Loss youtu.be/yUtK7v3dsr0 Click below to subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/heartalchemyyoga Our Sites www.heartalchemyyoga.com facebook.com/heartalchemyyoga instagram.com/travlinyogini twitter.com/travlinyogini www.pinterest.com/travlinyogini
After many requests, ive finally decided to release the double nostril piercing! It includes 3 colors, and for both sides of the nose!
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Portage in Kalamazoo
A snout is the protruding portion of an animal's face, consisting of its nose, mouth, and jaw. In many animals the equivalent structure is called a muzzle, rostrum or a proboscis. The wet, naked surface around the nostrils of the nose is known as the rhinarium (colloquially this is the "cold wet nose" of some animals). The rhinarium is often associated with a stronger sense of olfaction. The snout is considered a weak point on most animals: because of its structure, an animal can be easily stunned, snapped or even knocked out by applying sufficient force. [Wikipedia]
Completed, if you like it :)
What I did:
- Sandmatting
- Lip carving
- Nostril carving
- Face-Up and freckles with Schmincke pastel chalk, watercolor pencils and MSC semigloss spray
- Sleep eyes and new pullstrings (Twiggy Twiggy Jelly Candy "Bubble Gum")
- Boggling
- Gazecorrection
- Hair treatment
My niece has a unique talent; she can suck her nostrils shut AND maintain her serene beauty!
ODC "Closed"
Taken using a polarising filter to see under the water and to reduce reflections from the seal's wet skin. At the Traders Wharf (the fishing pier) at the Coal Harbour in Dun Laoghaire. One of two resting underwater that came up hoping I had fish for them. They quickly went back to the bottom when they saw I was just another pesky snapper.
From the underground steel cage fight matches at Silent Sam's, Vulkanus prepares for combat!
Wildmutt is the Omnitrix's DNA sample of a Vulpimancer from the planet Vulpin.
Wildmutt appears to be a large orange dog-like creature with no eyes, ears, nose, or tail. He stands on all fours and his movements are somewhat apelike. His teeth are very defined and his bottom jaw sticks out of his mouth.
The various spines found all across his body function similarly to whiskers with tactile sensing, and are not fur.
Since Wildmutt has no eyes, he uses his sense of smell and hearing to navigate, which are aided by three gill-like nostrils located on each side of his neck.
In the Original Series, Wildmutt wore a black-and-white brace with the original Omnitrix symbol on his left shoulder.
While under the effects of a cold in Side Effects, Wildmutt's fur discolors from its vivid orange to a pale yellowish-orange tone, and his lips and claws turn from black to a sickly dark green hue.
In Back with a Vengeance, Wildmutt wore a yellow raincoat.
In Merry Christmas, Wildmutt briefly wore fake antlers while disguised as a reindeer.
In Don't Drink the Water, 4-year-old Wildmutt, nicknamed Wildpup, looked very similar to his 10-year-old self, but a lot smaller and thinner nails instead of claws.
In Destroy All Aliens, Wildmutt's skin was lighter and his fur was more defined.
In Race Against Time, Wildmutt looks the same, except his skin is darker.
In Ultimate Alien, 16-year-old Wildmutt looks mostly the same except his skin is lighter in color. While his lips were still black in the Ultimate Alien intro, they were in the same color as his fur in the actual series. He wore the Ultimatrix symbol on his chest. Kevin as Wildmutt shares these traits.
In The Forge of Creation, 10-year-old Wildmutt looked mostly the same as in the Original Series, except his lips were in the same color has his skin, his shoulder brace did not have any white on it, and the original Omnitrix symbol was recolored green.
In Heroes United, 16-year-old Wildmutt looked exactly the same as in the Original Series but his skin was a darkish orange.
In Omniverse, Wildmutt's lips have returned to being black and his forearms are a bit bigger. 16-year-old Wildmutt wears a green and white collar with the Omnitrix symbol.
11-year-old Wildmutt looks closer to his appearance in the Original Series than 10-year-old Wildmutt in Ultimate Alien, with the white returning to the shoulder brace, though the Omnitrix symbol is still colored green.
Ben 10,000's Wildmutt was larger than his 10-year-old self, had stripes on his back, his appearance had shifted to a more feline form due to the presence of a tail. Wildmutt wore the Omnitrix symbol on his forehead.
Powers and Abilities
Sightless Sensing
Sightless Sensing
"Good thinking. The Vulpin's keen senses should be able to sniff out the intruder.”
– Tetrax to Wildmutt.
Wildmutt's main ability is his sense of smell. As he has no eyes, his "vision" is made up of a dull 3D mapping of where his senses originate, similar to a thermograph.
Combined with his enhanced hearing, his senses take the form of a radar or sonar, allowing him to still perceive his environment more clearly. Wildmutt can sense invisible entities with his enhanced senses, therefore making invisibility useless against him.
Wildmutt can track almost anything and anyone by their scent.
Wildmutt possesses razor-sharp teeth and claws, the latter of which he can use to climb vertical surfaces.
Wildmutt has enhanced strength, as he could tear apart one of Vilgax's Mechadroids with ease, throw a dumpster at a group of Limax, and tear off the roof of a car at age 10.
By age 16, he is strong enough to carry a Florauna on his back without difficulty (even while running), hold his own against a Buglizard, and pin down a Merlinisapien.
Wildmutt is durable enough to survive a steel tower falling on top of him and jump through a glass window.
Wildmutt's enhanced speed and reaction time allows him to dodge, evade, and counterattack effortlessly with the help of his senses. They exceed that of a cheetah.
Wildmutt has enhanced agility that allows him to run, jump, and climb at an inhuman rate. He is highly acrobatic and gymnastic, with such movements being similar to that of an ape.
Wildmutt can dig deep craters at a fast speed, even while digging through solid stone ground.
Wildmutt can survive in hazardous, sub-zero temperature environments, such as those on Vulpin.
This allows Wildmutt to break through ice easily if frozen solid, as demonstrated by Null Void Vulpimancers.
Because of how he does not see in the conventional sense, Wildmutt is not afraid of Toepick's species.
Wildmutt is a quadruped. However, he is capable of standing on his hind legs.[14] In addition, his feet are prehensile, as he caught Gwen with his foot as she was about to be sucked into space.
The porcupine-like quills on Wildmutt's back supplement his sonar and can also serve as weapons, such as projectiles that can be fired off at will. However, he can only do this when he reaches adulthood.
Weaknesses
Sensitive Hearing
Sensitive Hearing
Wildmutt cannot talk in human languages. Instead, he communicates through a combination of barking and snarling. Due to this, it is extremely difficult for anyone to understand him.
Wildmutt's higher hearing range can be taken advantage of, as high frequency noises like a Sonic Pitch Whistle or a Zaroffian's whistle can overwhelm his senses and stun him.
Wildmutt is implied to be vulnerable to fire, as shown with some Null Void Vulpimancers when they were repelled by Swampfire's fire.
When infected with a cold, Wildmutt's nostrils (on the sides of his neck) get blocked by mucus, making him unable to smell or hear and rendering him essentially "blind".
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A year of the shows and performers of the Bijou Planks Theater.
Ben 10
Sumo Slammers
Wildmutt
2006, Bandai