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What do seals feel like?

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Wondering if seals are actually fluffy or fuzzy & just wet or if they have dog like hair. submitted by /u/VanillaBean50 [link] [comments]

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Harbour seals abandoning their pups

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I’ve heard that if humans or dogs approach seal pups too closely then their mothers will abandon them and I don’t understand why they abandon them. What makes the mother disassociate from her pup just because a dog went up to it submitted by /u/Popular-Twist-4087 [link] [comments]

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Where can i pet Seals in Sussex?

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I wanna be able to lay on the beach and let the seals come up to me like they do in the US. I know there is a sanctuary in Cornwall but that is too far away for me. is this possible in the UK? submitted by /u/BonsaiCultivator [link] [comments]

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Journeys With Emperors: Tracking the World’s Most Extreme Penguin–A Book Review

10,000 Birds

He leaves enchanted by two mammals, the Emperor Penguin and the Weddell Seal, the only mammals who totally live their whole lives, year-round, in the Antarctic. They are excellent science writers, patiently explaining the physiological processes involved in deep diving in penguins, seals, and human.

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A Marbled Godwit Foraging Near Seal Rock San Francisco

10,000 Birds

I didn’t get a shot of the Marbled Godwit near Seal Rocks in flight but I wanted you to be able to see the bird with wings outstretched so Mia came to my rescue. This bird was one I found near Seal Rock when scouting the Heermann’s Gulls back in October. Click on photos for full sized images.

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Russia Bans Canadian Seal Imports!

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Russia does have its own seal hunt, but apparently they banned killings of animals under one year old. I don't see what they get out of it, unless they want to impress Europe, which has already banned seal products. Russia has been the biggest market for the Canadian seal fur industry. Excerpted from the Globe and Mail.

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Canada Okays Matching Seal Quota

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This despite a dry market for seal products and a warming climate that is hurting the species? The market for Canadian seal pelts has gone dry but the federal government will still allow sealers to kill 400,000 of the marine mammals when the annual hunt opens next Monday. Really, Canada?

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