#Norppalive

[homopakottaja]

Vuoden parasta aikaa!

Norppalive

[anirobot]

WWF Wildlive  –  Baltic ringed seal                            

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Saimaa Ringed Seal (Pusa hispida saimensis)

(Photo from WWF)

Conservation Status- Endangered

Habitat- Finland

Size (Weight/Length)- 90 kg; 145 cm

Diet- Small fish

Cool Facts- The Saimaa ringed seal is one of the most endangered seals in the world with around 400 mature individuals. Only found in Lake Saimaa in Finland, they have been completely separate from any other species of seal for 9,500 years. While they exclusively eat fish, these seals eat almost every species that inhabit the lake. Despite this, the Saimaa ringed seal does not have an impact on the fishing industry of the area. Despite being protected from hunting for almost 70 years, the Saimaa ringed seal is on the brink of extinction. Due to the small size of the lake mixed with multiple bad breeding seasons in a row, certain fishing methods have been banned from Lake Saimaa along with artificial dens being installed on the beaches.

Rating- 14/10 (Check out Norppalive from WWF for some awesome videos and a live feed of these seals.)

[commander-ledi]

i dont think 3 am should look like this (screencap from norppalive)

[tristealven]

i love them

[torillatavataan]

Ringed seal for the win, but I want to give a special shout-out to the Saimaa ringed seal which is a subspecies of the ringed seal. They are one of the most endangered seals in the world.

They are freshwater seals who only live in Lake Saimaa in Finland. There are only approximately 480 left and this is the improved number from less than 150 in 1983.

Unfortunately, due to fishing, many especially young seals drown getting caught in nets. They also need snowdrifts for their nests, so due to climate change, some years there isn't enough snow for them, so volunteers have begun to build snowdrifts with the available snow. Artificial lairs are also being developed.

The Finnish WWF arranges an annual Norppalive seal live web camera on YouTube. Norppalive best of 2021:

To make a donation to The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation for the Saimaa ringed seal conservation, use the following details:

Recipient: Suomen luonnonsuojeluliitto ry Account number (IBAN): FI2850000120443071 BIC: OKOYFIHH Label/message: Saimaa ringed seal

The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation are actively working to secure the future of the Saimaa ringed seal. Our actions include e.g. campaigning for a ban of fishing nets on Lake Saimaa, plowing man-made snowbanks to help seals in their nesting on mild winters, participating in the legislative work regarding the seals, advising and guiding people, visiting schools and organizing public events to provide information about the ringed seal and its conservation.

The first image is from the WWF website, and the second and third are from The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation website.

honourable mentions who couldnt fit :(

crabeater seal

spotted seal

all the fur seals

[ruttotohtori]

Jälleen kerran miljoonayleisön kerännyt norppalive suljetaan kello 11.30. Kamera suljetaan muutama päivää aiemmin kuin oli aikomus, sillä kameran paikka on paljastunut.

WWF:n tiedotteen mukaan paikan paljastumisen myötä kamera sijoitetaan ensi vuonna mahdollisesti uuteen paikkaan.

Saimaalla on tänä keväänä yleistynyt ilmiö, jossa ihmiset lähestyvät norppia kuvaamistarkoituksessa. Silminnäkijöiden mukaan ihmiset ovat lähestyneet myös Norppalivessä köllötteleviä yksilöitä niin, että nämä ovat joutuneet sukeltamaan rantakiviltä veteen piiloon.

[ylakerrananimehomo]

ei saatana. mulla on parasosiaalinen suhde tohon norppaliven norppaan

[elperropan]

Soft Exercising with my friends from Finland. Saimaa Ringed Seals are rarer than mermaids and true masters of the Soft Exercise lifestyle.

Protected by valiant heroes of Finnish WWF, these tiny but majestic beauties can be found live streaming their techniques worldwide.

Can you spot them? Link to WWF livestream in my bio. Try it out!

❤️ 🍞 ❤️

-El Perro Pan

[yokyopeli]

Norppalive on palannut! Saimaa ringed seal live is back!

[hitodama89]

After a few weeks without spotting any seals at all in Norppalive, a couple days ago one of the cuties decided to compensate and spent pretty much a whole day posing for the camera! That sure was a good day for me.

(WWF has a traditon of putting up a trail cam that livestreams footage from lake Saimaa for about a month every spring. The idea is to let people observe extremely rare Saimaa ringed seals, but as the animals are wild no one can ever guarantee if they show up or not. Fortunately they usually eventually do.)

[hopeasusi]

Check out norppalive!

So WWF has this norppalive website that shows live footage of ringed seals and more specifically the Saimaa ringed seal. There are only about 400 of them alive. I suggest you check it out sometime!

[merulanoir]

A Finn here! These seals are superb. They're a very important part of Finnish national pride. In Finnish we call them norppa.

Every spring WWF has a live stream of a rock where the seals like to hang out when they shed their winter fur. This is called NorppaLive!

Now, you might think, gee how do you know when there's a norppa to watch if it's a 24/7 livestream? The trick is to follow #norppalive on twitter; the hashtag goes heckin hogwild whenever a seal pops up (I'm not kidding. At best there have been 180 000 people watching the stream at once.)

Here's the link! The stream will probably go up later this spring. <3

Ladies, Gents and Whatever You Call Yourself’s of the Tumbler, I’d like you to meet a seal.

Specifically, this one.

Look at it judgingly glaring your way across its shoulder. What the hell do you want?

I want more people to learn about a very endangered species of seal, which only live in a single lake-system and oddly enough, not many people know about. Where does this unknown, speckled beauty live in? Fucking Finland. Yes, in an in-land lake-system, in FINLAND. Yes. The Saimaa Ringed Seal lives in the lake-system of Saimaa and Saimaa only. They got stuck there after one of the ice-ages and have decided to stay. Well a seal can’t really migrate so hey.

But why, you ask, do I bring you this quite normal looking seal? Its endangered as hell. Like, No joke. Finnish Government has for YEARS been trying to protect them and for some reason nobody has thought of telling other people about this species. At all. Its like a weird finnish in-joke. Only finns know. Nobody is told about the seals. Why? Because fuck Finland.

Lets look at the facts: “The Saimaa ringed seal (Finnish: Saimaannorppa) is a subspecies of ringed seal (Pusa hispida). They are among the most endangered seals in the world, having a total population of only about 380 individuals.[2] The only existing population of these seals is found in Lake Saimaa, Finland (hence the name). The population is descended from ringed seals that were separated from the rest when the land rose after the last ice age. This seal, along with the Ladoga seal and the Baikal seal, is one of the few living freshwater seals.“ from Wikipedia What’s that? The most endangered seal species in the world? INTERESTING.

Just, look!

How could you NOT want to protect this thing!?

All I want, is folks to share Finland’s own Big Slappy around, so more folks would know about them. No need to donate, no links to read more online. Seriously. I need more people to know about this hidden finnish gem of a seal, that’s all! I want more people to recognize Finland has this strange blubbery mammal living in one of its big lakes, hiding from the vast majority of the world! Share the slaps people, lets make this remarkably cute and wholesome creature a finnish icon, like it deserves to be!

One more endangered as fuck slappy for the road

[placecallednowhere]

Early morning mood...