#weddell seals

[mysticdragon3md3]

Who knew baby seals were THIS cute… and the little sounds 🥹 by We_Love_Animals

[sealsdaily]

Today's Seals Are: Alien Abduction

[lazer-t]

Weddell Seal for a $15 Ko-fi supporter

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tim prebble: WEDDELL SEALS recorded with a hydrophone by Anthony Powell check out his great doco: Antarctica: A Year on Ice https://g.co/kgs/SvFE7q

[finnautica]

This month's exclusive stickers for my sticker club... Have I told you guys that I really like seals?

[cd2sfw]

Johnny as a ribbon seal

Or

Johnny as a weddell Seal

[slushyseals]

I like how sometimes adult Weddells will look at parts of their own body like this is the first time they've ever seen such a thing

[sleepy-bebby]

Sound on for cuteness

[ellaandtheocean]

A sweet gorgeous angel from Antarctica (a Weddell seal) blessed us with its presence (took a nap on the beach) today. Seeing one of these guys is a very rare occurrence in Aotearoa, and felt very special. I only have two NZ pinnipeds left to spot now!

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A Weddell seal pup (right) with its mother (left) in a breathing hole in Antarctic ice.

Credit: Linnea Pearson (NMFS permit #21006-01, ACA permit #2018-013 M1)

National Marine Fisheries Service

[sealsdaily]

Today's Seal Is: A Prankster

[robot-pup]

Weddell seal pups saying hi

via weddellsealscience

[silkwurmart]

Seals 

Some fun painting practice from a while back! 

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[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)

(Photo from World Atlas)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- Southern Ocean

Size (Weight/Length)- 450 kg; 3 m

Diet- Squid; Fish; Shrimp

Cool Facts- The Weddell seal is one of the largest seal species, packing on 5 centimeters of blubber all over their body accounting for almost a third of their body weight. Well, when you live in the coldest place in the world that fat comes in handy. Resting on ice flows in the summer, Weddell seals raise their pups and feast on plentiful fish thanks to plankton blooms. In the winter, the air chill is -60 Celsius with winds over 300 kilometers per hour. Weddell seals stay in the considerably warmer water, a crisp -2 degrees Celsius. Using their teeth, they grind back breathing holes to prevent them from icing over and use their powerful snout to break through thinner ice. Luckily, after the banning of commercial sealing in the 1980s, Weddell seal populations have bounced back to a stable level.

Rating- 11/10 (They change their vocalization to try and talk to humans.)

[snailtongue]

“This is a Weddell seal swimming in McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica. Photo by Daniel P. Costa.”

[thalassata]

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