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Fur Seals on South Georgia.
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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.
Taken at Ecomare - a sanctuary for sea animals on a small Dutch Island, Texel.
In Dutch language it's "zeehond", which means literally "sea dog". :)
Grey seals are true sporters. They easily swim from the Wadden Sea to England and back again.They are less shy and much more curious than harbour seals. The pups are born in the middle of the winter on undisturbed sandbanks in the Wadden Sea. The vicious wind blows constantly in their faces but these tough young animals have a thick white winter coat during their first few weeks to protect them.
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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.
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.
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.
Seal Bay has been home to an Aus-tralian sea lion pop-u-la-tion for thou-sands of years, and offers one of the most excep-tion-al nature-based expe-ri-ences in the world.
There are no enclo-sures or cages at Seal Bay. Instead, you will be tak-en into the heart of the colony where our expe-ri-enced guides will teach you about these endan-gered ani-mals. If you pre-fer, you can set your own pace on the wheel-chair acces-si-ble 900 metre (return) board-walk which mean-ders through the dunes to a num-ber of view-ing platforms.
Aus-tralian sea lions are unique to South Aus-tralia and West-ern Aus-tralia. They are an endan-gered species – their total pop-u-la-tion is about 12,000. Seal Bay is the third largest colony of this mag-nif-i-cent, wild creature.
Photo taken while on Pelagic Trip on Bay of Fundy
Remote offshore islet
Grand Manan,
Charlotte County,
New Brunswick
August 12, 2023
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Many times I have seen formations called names such as The Eagle Rock, or The Lion Rock, or The Old Man, or other names, and usually they look mostly like a big rock. Well, this is called the Seal Rock, and it really looks like a Seal! 24 mm, 20 sec., ISO 6400, f/2.8.
The small blue-green fuzzy object just above the right side of the Milky Way is the comet 252P/LINEAR.
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After many hours of patient and diligent tracking and stalking in the most inhospitable of conditions imaginable I finally caught up with and managed to photograph this young seal in it's native habitat. (The Natural History Museum London, cooling filter and weather effect added later in Photoshop.)