#Earless seal

[sealzandsuckystuff]

Stupid niko rolls around like a stupid thing and does stupid stuff

[wikipediapictures]

Elephant seal

“Elephant Seals basking in the sun at Piedras Blancas, just off of Highway 1 in California.” - via Wikimedia Commons

[morgansram]

Seal explaining something to other seal

[skylardrawz]

No MSM drawings for today, have a seal drawing :3

Reference:

[apartment315]

[derpyinch]

@idrawgaystffs so cool

Altruism is the behavioral assistance of another in need, has ancient origins in mammalian evolution. Recently, marine ecologists has observed for the first time, an act of altruism performed by a male northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris), when trying to protect a young pup in distress from drowing at high tide at a colony at Point Reyes National Seashore, California.

Researchers noted the high tide had pulled the pup into the water and it was yelling for help. The male reacted and entered to the water, it swam to the pup and very gently nudged it to shore, near to where its mother was waiting. Marine ecologists did not report the male attempted to gain an approach or interest in the mother of the pup. Male altruism is rarely seen in marine mammals, as sea lions and elephant seals, and more examples may emerge as more efforts were focused on breeding colony observations.

Photographs: Above: Male helping the pup from drowing. Below: mother and her pup reunited after the event.

Reference (Open Access): Allen et al., 2024. An observation of potential altruism by a male northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris). Marine Mammal Science.

[sealsdaily]

Ok. Ok. Little background on this for those that aren't Brazilian/don't speak pt: the imperative of Focus is 'Foca', which just so happens to be the same word for seal.

So there's a bunch of these official govt psa's about 'focus on [important thing]' that are just. Like this. Because of that pun

^ specifically traffic safety ones. I saw this guy while taking my traffic knowledge test lol

Today's Seals Are: Focal Point

[hero-of-the-wolf]

alright Google you're officially fired—

[girlinlovewiththeforest]

Harbor seals (Phoca vitulina)

[anxious-impala]

Just so that everyone knows, victorians would have gone crazy for phocids

[theendofuno]

peopel on twitter cant stop complaining about the lack of boys beach skins so i made one for uno

extra doodle under crop

heres the concept. very enzo gabriel dressed by his dad

[sealzandsuckystuff]

I stole this from my boyfriend

[marinemammalposter]

YOU'RE SO LUCKY!!!

I can't identify the exact species, but this is definitely a true(aka earless) seal. It's awesome you saw one in person

today I saw a SEAL!

I actually don't know how often seals are spotted at this park (you know, other than the ones at the aquarium) but it was a first for me!

[morgansram]

5 week old baikal pup

[thalassata]

What is a Nerpa?

have you ever wondered, what is a nerpa? Let me educate you.

THIS, is a nerpa:

X (baikal seal)

And this is a nerpa:

X (Baltic ringed seal)

And this is a man holding his nerpa:

X (ladoga ringed seal)

This is a nerpa but it's also called a norppa:

X (saimaa ringed seal)

And THIS:

X (northern fur seal)

is not a nerpa. This is a kotik.

However this is a nerpa:

X (grey seal)

In short, nerpas are earless seals and kotiks are earred seals and sea lions.

Use this information wisely.

or else.

[sharpenpalarie]

I drew every seal from the earless/ true seal group 🦭