#ross seals

[illneverbeapassenger]

Pressure ridges, McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

October 2024.

[ohulancutash]

They make cool weird sounds as well: https://dosits.org/galleries/audio-gallery/marine-mammals/pinnipeds/ross-seal/ https://audioboom.com/posts/8229996-the-ross-seal-ommatophoca-rossii-recording-4?playlist_direction=forward Very classic Doctor Who alien comms alarm.

Have yall seen the ross seal , they look like slugs with limbs

Today's Seal Is: Largest Slug In The World

[slushyseals]

[dougdimmadodo]

Ross Seal (Ommatophoca rossii)

Family: True Seal Family (Phocidae)

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

Distinguished from other Antarctic seals by its small size, large eyes and short muzzle, not much is known about the Ross Seal; while the closely related Weddell, Crabeater and Leopard Seals are relatively commonly sighted along Antarctica's coasts Ross Seals seem to be naturally rare and are exclusively found on or around pack ice (large, drifting masses of sea ice that are not connected to solid ground,) making observing them in the wild difficult. What is known is that members of this species feed mainly on soft-bodied fish and squids and likely breed in early December but are able to delay the development of their embryos until the early Antarctic winter (around March) in order to give birth in November when pack ice is most abundant; during and shortly after the pupping season females seem to rarely leave the safety of the ice, and as their young pups are unable to swim they rely heavily on the ice for safety during their early development. Even when not seen the presence of Ross Seals in an area may be determined by their elaborate and somewhat eerie calls, which are often produced underwater and are presumably used to locate mates and establish territories.

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Image Source: Here

[wizard-loving-wizard]

Abnimals Species Ratings

i really enjoyed listening to Griffin on this animal rating podcast talking all about the ross seal! i got inspired to rate the abnimals species using my own rating scale that i guess i stole from RuPaul... that's right i will be rating them based on their CHARISMA, UNIQUENESS, NERVE, AND TALENT ✨

Ross Seal

charisma: 5/10 for their very cute face uniqueness: 7/10 unique among seals, many interesting facts in the episode! nerve: 10/10 not afraid of anything talent: 8/10 great at singing, not so great at street smarts

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Axolotl (listen here)

charisma: 6/10 nice smile, nothing behind the eyes uniqueness: 10/10 THE MOST AMAZING AND UNIQUE ANIMAL EVER!!! nerve: 5/10 appropriately self-preserving talent: 10/10 many wonderful talents

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Charolais Cow

charisma: 7/10 good looking and french uniqueness: 5/10 fairly widespread but cool colors! nerve: 2/10 very chill, which is great talent: 7/10 very good at being a cow.

[smilesobrien]

my top 5 pinnipeds! kekeno (nz fur seal), walrus, leopard seal, ross seal, and nerpa (baikal seal)!

[radioactivegummyworm]

stinky drawings

[rvspecter]

Do you have any idea why Donna showed up to testify? Because I convinced her to. Yeah, I made her do what I needed instead of what she wanted. I did what you do.

[mothmiso]

Scotland (2) (3) (4) by Alexandre Dulaunoy

Via Flickr:

(1) A view of Plockton, a nice small town in the Highlands of Scotland. (2) A gull eating a sea urchin. (4) Walled garden in Inverewe.     

[mothericecloud]

Icolde! She’s an AB who suffered a brain injury that caused dementia to form over the years. Charlie and Yetta keep tabs on her as her mind worsens.

She was once used for her exceptional tracking abilities & poisonous blood.

[leopardsealz]

as the CEO of seals it is high time i made some seal OCs. pebble is the adopted daughter of blue & dusky :3

please reblog my art!

[moongazeonastarfillednight]

Awh I'm sor happy!! 🤗 I found this Morris Print of a Ross's Gull and look at how pretty she is! 🥰

The shopkeeper regretted when he said "Ross... like the explorer?" And I told him in detail about the Parry Expedition of 1821-1823 🥲

He was like "Are you gonna pay cash or card" by the time I was telling him about how different wintering in 21-22 and 22-23 had been 😫

[sealsdaily]

Today's Seal Is: Opera Virtuosa

[oh-bonerline]

big weekend @ AO3

In which Matty and Ross reunite at Big Weekend and smut happens.

[thestarsarewiththevoyager]

[middleland]

Great Seal State Park by Dan Keck