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The Pelagic Shark Research Foundation - The Sharks of the Monterey Bay - Pelagic Sharks
Phocids as "ear-less seals". Sealions use their fore-flippers to propel themselves through the water and typically travel along the surface, often porpoise'ing. Seals on the other hand, propel themselves with their hind-flippers and typically travel along the bottom while only surfacing to resporate between dives. Elephant seals and ...
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Seal Conservation Society: The Pinnipeds
... but perhaps the most noticeable ones are that otariid seals have external ear flaps, generally walk on both their hind and fore flippers, and propel themselves through the water by their fore flippers ... on the other hand do not have visible ear flaps, drag themselves along land by their fore flippers or bodies and use their hind flippers to propel themselves through the water, their fore flippers ...
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Sable Island Marine Mammals
Thus pinniped means "fin-footed" or "wing-footed", and refers to the front and hind flippers which are long and flattened webbed hands and feet. Pinnipeds are divided into three groups: phocids (earless or hair seals), otariids (eared seals, e.g. sea lions and fur seals) and odobenids (walrus). All pinnipeds now ...
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The Pinnipeds
Their fore flippers are long and have splayed digits, the first digit being longer and stronger than the rest. ... small nails situated well away from the flipper edge and these are also present in their hind flippers, along with further rudimentary claws on digits one and five. Their waterproof pelage is generally ...
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The Filey Encounter
The head sat on a neck about six feet long and the head and body were covered with hair, brown in ... on the profile of the animal’s head. There is no tail apparent or described, just the rear flippers that could give a divided “ tail” impression. Now seals are common around the Orkneys and must surely be ...
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CRESLI harbor seal page
When hauled out, harbor seals often lie with their heads and hind flippers elevated in what is often referred to as the "banana-like" position. When resting in water, harbor seals can be seen in what we call the "bottling" position, with heads tilted straight back and perpendicular to the surface; ...
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CRESLI seal page
Island Sea lions and fur seals are quite different from true seals. Their long flexible front flippers and versatile hind flippers enable these mammals to actually run on land and their long agile necks give them the ability to catch objects on their nose as seen in aquariums. The fore flippers propel the animal through the water. The males and females of most true seals are close to ...
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Euroturtle - Introduction to Sea Turtles
The swimming limbs are held out to the sides more than downwards, making movement on land very difficult. The forelimbs or front flippers are generally elongated and provide the main propulsive force. The hind flippers are large and spadelike and the females use these when digging their nests in the sand. Loggerhead turtle - internal bones of forearm Sea ...
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Greentrack Homepage
The swimming limbs are held out to the sides more than downwards, making movement on land very difficult. The forelimbs or front flippers are generally elongated and provide the main propulsive force. The hind flippers are large and spadelike and the females use these when digging their nests in the sand. Loggerhead turtle - internal bones of forearm Sea ...
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The Namibian Seal Harvest
Arctosephalus Pussilus. These are not actually true seals, they have external ears and their hind flippers point forwards, they are a kind of sea lion. They congregate in large breeding flocks on the beaches. Their behaviour is ...
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