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SCS: Leopard Seal (Hydrurga leptonyx)
Soviet commercial sealing ships killed 649 leopard seals. A plan by Norwegian scientists to kill 20 leopard seals, as well as 60 other seals, in the summer of 2000-2001 for ... species, especially newly-weaned crabeater seals during December and January. Penguins are an important part of the diet of some leopard seals in late January and February. Leopard seals are rather cumbersome on land ...
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SCS: Crabeater Seal (Lobodon carcinophagus)
Antarctic Seals (CCAS). A Soviet Union commercial sealing expedition however killed 4,000 crabeater seals in 1986-1987. A plan by Norwegian scientists to kill 20 crabeater seals, as well as 60 other seals ... that depend on the diminishing pack ice, such as crabeater seals, will be threatened by decreased habitat and food supply. Lifestyle Crabeater seals usually form family groups every spring in the ...
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SCS: Rescue and Rehabilitation
Australian fur seals, New Zealand fur seals and Southern elephant seals, also occasionally leopard seals, crabeater seals and Subantarctic fur seals. VIC: Jirrahlinga Koala and Wildlife ... seals per year, most commonly South African fur seals and Subantarctic fur seals (for the latter, mostly young pups in June - August). Also occasionally rehabilitates crabeater seals ...
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Krill
Food: Mainly plants of the plankton. Major predators: Baleen whales (blue, fin, minke), crabeater seals, fur seals, Adelie and macaroni penguins, petrels, fulmars and shearwaters, squid and fish. Economic uses: Have been ...
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SeaLab: Antarctica @ nationalgeographic.com
We didn’t see any whales, but we saw some crabeater seals and were followed for about five minutes by a lone leopard ... Marine Technician Matt Burke gets a good look at a curious crabeater seal. Photo Gallery >> Photograph by Mark Christmas 360º Image Ice from ... be found rather than a problem. A group of really curious crabeater seals swam around the ship for the entire time the SeaRover was ...
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Save the Whales
Some of them, like Adélie penguins and crabeater seals, dine almost exclusively on krill for at least part of the year. Clearly, krill are ...
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The Pinnipeds
Phocidae (true seals), the Otariidae (fur seals and sea lions), and the Odobenidae (walrus). Pinniped Evolution At present there ... seals`, as they lack noticeable external ears, (although some grey seals may in fact grow small external ear pinnae). Instead they have two openings into the ear canal, situated behind their eyes. Crabeater ...
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CRESLI seal page
Seals feed mainly on fish, crustaceans and shellfish. Some, such as the leopard seal, feed on penguins, and the crabeater seal feeds almost exclusively on tiny shrimp-like animals called krill Observing Seals ...
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The Arctic and Antarctic - MarineBio.org
Antarctica. The most common seals found in this region are the Weddell (named after the explorer), the Ross, crabeater, leopard, southern elephant, and the Antarctic ... . ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ 263 Most Common & Endangered Marine Species [~3,000 in review] Birds | Fishes | Reptiles Seals & Sea lions+ Sharks & Rays Squid & Octopuses Whales & Dolphins Latest Species » Atlantic ...
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Marine Mammal Commission: Simple Global Species List
Tucuxi Sotalia fluviatilis Vaquita Phocoena sinus White-beaked dolphin Lagenorhynchus albirostris (top) Seals and Sea Lions (Pinnipeds) Common Name Scientific Name Antarctic fur seal ... lions Zalophus californianus Caribbean monk seal Monachus tropicalis Caspian seal Phoca caspica Crabeater seal Lobodon carcinophagus Gray seal Halichoerus grypus Guadalupe fur seal Arctocephalus townsendi ...
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