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Seals, Sea Lions, Walruses

Seals, Sea Lions, Walruses. Means “fin-footed mammals” 3 families: Odobenidae Walruses! Otariidae The “eared seals” Sea lions Fur seals Phocidae True seal (earless seals). Introducing!. The Pinnipeds. Only lives in the Arctic! Characterized by being very bulky

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Seals, Sea Lions, Walruses

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  1. Seals, Sea Lions, Walruses

  2. Means “fin-footed mammals” • 3 families: • Odobenidae • Walruses! • Otariidae • The “eared seals” • Sea lions • Fur seals • Phocidae • True seal (earless seals) Introducing! The Pinnipeds

  3. Only lives in the Arctic! • Characterized by being very bulky • Has long tusks! (males) Odobenidae

  4. Lack external ears • Torpedo-like bodies • Better built for deep dives & long migrations • Not very social and live in smaller groups • Can’t walk on their front flippers like fur seals, walruses and sea lions! • Examples: harbor seals Phocidae

  5. Have external ear flaps • Very vocal and social • Better adapted for land movement • Larger flippers than Phocidae • Examples: Japanese Sea lion & Stellar Sea Lion; fur seals Otariidae

  6. Out of the water, seal hearing is almost as good as a human’s? • The smallest pinniped is the Galapagos fur seal • About 4.5’ – 5’ in length! • The largest pinniped is the male Elephant Seal • He can be up to 13’ long and near 8800 lbs!!! • A seal’s nose closes automatically when it enters the water? • It opens again when it resurfaces! • That seals use a type of sonar? • Their whiskers act like a type of radar, detecting movement in the water • They can even find food in the dark! • Only six of the seal species live in Antarctica, but they make up the majority of the seal population Did You Know…..?

  7. Antarctic Fur Seals • Crabeater Seals • Leopard Seals • Ross Seals • Elephant Seals • Weddell Seals Antarctic Seals(southern seals)

  8. Ross Seal Elephant Seals Leopard Seal Weddell Seal Crabeater Seal

  9. Sea Lions

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