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On a sandbank in the Waddensea we encountered these lovely animals. Since we were on a vesel that was pretty low, it was almost possible to shoot on eye height.
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This harbor seal had just lugged his 330 pounds hauling out on a favorite perch. I know we've seen him (or her) twice before on what evidently is his rock.
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, Pacific Oceans, Baltic and North Seas.
One way to know that you're seeing a Harbor Seal in Monterey Bay is that they are genuinely curious and will bob in the water and stare at you until bored. On one encounter on Cape Cod many, many years ago, I was knocked overboard when my date for the day said, "I'm going to tack." I didn't know what that meant, but when the boom clocked me, I went overboard into Buzzard's Bay. And there was a Harbor Seal bobbing and staring at me. I wasn't going to pet him and found out that I could eject myself from the Bay into the sailboat like a rocket.
Halichoerus grypus
From the 2016 November birthing season at Donna Nook on the Lincolnshire coast.
Every November and December, grey seals come to the Donna Nook coastline to give birth to their pups near the sand dunes.
1,957 pups were born in the 2016 season.Last season, 2018, 2,066.
The Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust manage this National Nature reserve.
As the females, the cows, head back to sea they mate with the bulls, however gestation does not start until the spring.
I am quite privileged to collect granite from Great Yarmouth docks and see these seals on almost a daily basis
Common Seal .. Blakney Point,Norfolk.
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In the frosty wonderland of the Arctic, a playful seal emerges from the snowy blanket, its sleek body curving like a question mark. With a twinkle in its eye, the seal lifts its head from the glistening snow, as if on a mission to crack the code of the great celestial puzzle above. Its whiskers twitch with curiosity, and its eyes squint in a comically contemplative manner as it gazes upward toward the sunlit sky. Perhaps, in that whimsical moment, the seal is not merely looking for fish or a friendly game of ice-bound antics. No, it appears to be in search of the cosmic riddles that dance in the sunlight, wondering if the secrets of the universe are hidden among the clouds or if the answer to life's mysteries lies in the sparkle of the snowy expanse.
I took this photo at the zoological gardens. I was standing near the glass panes of the seal pool when I noticed that the moving water was refracting the sunrays and conjuring up a lovely dancing rainbow on the pebbles of the stone floor.
I'm pretty sure people were wondering what this crazy woman was doing there on the ground ; ))
I was fighting a pretty nasty bug lately that had me coughing for weeks and made me very tired and listless. Now I'm slowly coming back.
I will try to catch up during the coming week : )
[ taken with the manual Ricoh XR Rikenon 50mm f1.4 on a Pentax K-70 ]
Sea Princess Scenic Nature, Seals & Fjord Cruise tour out of Northeast Harbor Maine is a great way to see Nature and spectacular views of Mount Desert Island.
Der Seehund (Phoca vitulina) ist eine in allen nördlich-gemäßigten Meeren verbreitete Robbe aus der Familie der Hundsrobben. Seehunde sind im Vergleich zu der anderen an deutschen Küsten verbreiteten Robbe, der Kegelrobbe, kleine und schlanke Robben.Von der Kegelrobbe unterscheiden sie sich auch durch ihren rundlichen Kopf.
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 body and flippers are short, heads are rounded.
A fairly new born grey seal at Donna Nook. Strangely, I was the only person around. The very heavy downpour probably was the main reason.
A good news story! Grey seal numbers, in the UK, have increased from only 500 in the early 20th century to more than 120 000 now. Here are a few of last year's pups.
Found this seal swimming along a channel, really close to where the photo was taken of a spotted seal sitting on the sea ice this spring. Could be the same one, who knows? The sky was overcast, the ocean was murky, it was cool and windy, but seeing this seal brightened up my day.
The Spotted seal weigh around 200 lbs but can weigh up to 240lbs. They are found in the Arctic regions of Alaska's north coast.
The Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) holds the mammal record for living further south than any other species. They occupy permanent "fast" ice, entering the water through cracks and breathing holes, whereas the other Antarctic seals prefer pack ice which has disintegrated into smaller pieces. It was named after a seal hunter called James Weddell (1787-1834), who also had the Weddell Sea named after him. They cannot have been difficult to hunt as they show total indifference to humans. I photographed this one snoozing on snow on the Antarctic continent itself. Unlike the similar Crabeater Seal, their pelage is richly patterned like an Axminster carpet. They can also be identified at a distance by their comparatively small heads on huge, fat bodies.