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My husband and I spend a windswept day on the north Norfolk coast trying to capture the scenes on the pupping grounds.
This pup was beginning to explore the beach upon which it had been born.
Broadsands Devon.
What a delight watching this Seal for over 30 mins, it came as close as 5 feet away. Was also swimming around a couple who were swimming!!
Thanks to all who comment and favourite it is very much appreciated.
The beautiful seal today at Inwood Hill Park... I know kids are curious (a good thing) as a group of camp kids saw and decended upon the seal today... but some went to close to the seal. Myself and several others told them not to get too close but they were not listening. The seal did go for this teenagers hand and then a fellow camper threw bread at him and said that he would kick him if he did that to him. At this point I stopped taking pictures and became upset with the teen who was respectful with my advice and backed away. I'm wondering who was in charge of the camp kids and I also don't want the seal to be blamed for protecting it's self.
SEAL qualification training students from Class 268 take aim during a 36-round shooting test ranging from 100, 200 and 300 yards at Camp Pendleton. SQT is a six-month training course that all SEAL candidates must complete before being assigned to a SEAL team.
Photos taken at Horsley beach Norfolk
Pinnipeds (pronounced /ˈpɪnɪˌpɛdz/), commonly known as seals,[a] are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals. They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member is the walrus), Otariidae (the eared seals: sea lions and fur seals), and Phocidae (the earless seals, or true seals). There are 33 extant species of pinnipeds, and more than 50 extinct species have been described from fossils. While seals were historically thought to have descended from two ancestral lines, molecular evidence supports them as a monophyletic lineage (descended from one ancestral line). Pinnipeds belong to the order Carnivora; their closest living relatives are bears and the superfamily of musteloids (weasels, raccoons, skunks, and red pandas), having diverged about 50 million years ago.
Seals range in size from the 1 m (3 ft 3 in) and 45 kg (99 lb) Baikal seal to the 5 m (16 ft) and 3,200 kg (7,100 lb) southern elephant seal male, which is also the largest member of the order Carnivora. Several species exhibit sexual dimorphism. They have streamlined bodies and four limbs that are modified into flippers. Though not as fast in the water as dolphins, seals are more flexible and agile. Otariids use their front limbs primarily to propel themselves through the water, while phocids and walruses use their hind limbs. Otariids and walruses have hind limbs that can be pulled under the body and used as legs on land. By comparison, terrestrial locomotion by phocids is more cumbersome. Otariids have visible external ears, while phocids and walruses lack these. Pinnipeds have well-developed senses—their eyesight and hearing are adapted for both air and water, and they have an advanced tactile system in their whiskers or vibrissae. Some species are well adapted for diving to great depths. They have a layer of fat, or blubber, under the skin to keep warm in the cold water, and, other than the walrus, all species are covered in fur
One of the most common seals in the world. They don't really eat crabs, they eat krill. Leopard seals and killer whales prey on crabeater seals, particularly young seals in their first year.