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a pack of be-tusked dog mermaids

July 23, 2014 at 01:32PM by @coffeentrees on Flickr.

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Blind Harbor Seal Finding New Cues

The Alaska SeaLife Center is currently caring for a blind Harbor Seal. He was the last Harbor Seal pup rescue of 2014, after being found at Land’s End in Homer, AK. Because of his blindness, the pup, named ‘Bryce’, has been deemed non-releasable by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-National Marine Fisheries Service. Veterinary staff believe he suffered head trauma that was the likely cause of his vision loss.

Learn more about Bryce at Zooborns!

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Getting the perfect shot of a walrus can be a cold, exhausting task. On assignment in a Greenland fjord, photographer Paul Nicklen explains why—then dives in for a close encounter.

The struggle is real.

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dog mermaid breeds: dalmation mermaid

Black and white harbor seal by Scott SM

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Baby Seal posing!

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This harbor seal was spotted in Ocean City last week with a potential shark bite injury. 

Our team rescued the animal and transported it to New Jersey for long-term rehabilitation. We’re happy to report that the seal is doing well! 

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Did you know seals could surf? Yeah, neither did I!  They are about as talented as I am :)  (Adorable video)

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PhoTones Works #3336 by PhoTones_TAKUMA on Flickr.

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By Viktor Kiryushko

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Throwback Thursday! This week in 2004 our National Aquarium Animal Rescue team admitted a juvenile harbor seal for rehabilitation. The seal, later named Hopper, stranded in Virginia with injuries consistent with mono-filament entanglement. She was successfully rehabilitated and released off Long Island, NY on June 17, 2004. As a result of our rehabilitation efforts, the seal was sighted again in May of 2010 along the coast of Maine - nearly 6 years after being released!

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Odobenocetops (“walrus-face whale”)

… was a small whale from the Pliocene. It had two tusks, and, in some fossils, one tusk was longer than the other.

Odobenocetops was an early member of the dolphin superfamily, more closely related to narwhals than dolphins, with tusks projecting towards the rear of its body. It measured about 2.1��m and weighted between 150 and 650 kg. Its neck articulations show that it was very flexible, being able to turn its head over 90 degrees. This, coupled with its broad snout, similar to that of a walrus, suggests that it was a bottom feeder, searching for mollusks and sucking them out of their shells with a powerful tongue…

(read more: Wikipedia)

illustration by Pavel Riha

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As if climate change weren’t bad enough for seals :(

http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014/02/melting-arctic-ice-releases-deadly-seal-parasite?rss=1

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Hey girl hey ;3

Photo credits:

1 Unknown

2 AP

3 xDeadlyenemy on deviantart

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As if climate change weren’t bad enough for seals :(

http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2014/02/melting-arctic-ice-releases-deadly-seal-parasite?rss=1

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For fans of baby walrus butts, baby walrus grunts, and baby walrus cuddles

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Credit: National Wildlife Federation

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The Deepwater Group says a bacterial disease is killing more than 600 pups a year in the Auckland Islands.