#weddell seal

[sealsdaily]

Today's Seals Are: Alien Abduction

[lazer-t]

Weddell Seal for a $15 Ko-fi supporter

[cd2sfw]

Johnny as a ribbon seal

Or

Johnny as a weddell Seal

[finnautica]

This month's exclusive stickers for my sticker club... Have I told you guys that I really like seals?

[dontforgetukraine]

Down in Antarctica, Ukrainian scientists and polar explorers have named this year's firstborn Weddell seal pup!

Meet "SeaBaby Svitozarovych". The name is in honor of Ukraine's marine drone. It was born on Winter Island near the Vernadskyi Research Base. Biologist Svitozar Davydenko was the first to find it and had the honor of naming it out of hundreds of suggestions.

"SeaBaby is already 10 days old. He is actively growing and will soon begin to get acquainted with the ocean. Weddell seals start living independently and feeding in the water after the weaning period is over, approximately seven weeks after birth." (September 26, 2024)

Sources: National Antarctic Scientific Center, Ukrainska Pravada

[sleepy-bebby]

Sound on for cuteness

[ellaandtheocean]

A sweet gorgeous angel from Antarctica (a Weddell seal) blessed us with its presence (took a nap on the beach) today. Seeing one of these guys is a very rare occurrence in Aotearoa, and felt very special. I only have two NZ pinnipeds left to spot now!

[ihavea-natural-curiosity]

the fucked up thing about seals is that you look at pictures/videos of them and they seem like they should be the size of like. a large dog. a puppy. BUT THEYRE NOT!!

THEY CAN BE LIKE. 10 FEET LONG.

WHAT???

[thalassata]

the first weddell seal puppy of the year

they named him Sea Baby

[silkwurmart]

Seals 

Some fun painting practice from a while back! 

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[sealsdaily]

i feel like this guy belongs here. grumpy weddell seal my beloved

Today's Seal Is: Just Not Having It :/

[marinebiology1]

Weddell Seal

Photo by Eastcott Momatiuk

[cypherdecypher]

Animal of the Day!

Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)

(Photo from World Atlas)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- Southern Ocean

Size (Weight/Length)- 450 kg; 3 m

Diet- Squid; Fish; Shrimp

Cool Facts- The Weddell seal is one of the largest seal species, packing on 5 centimeters of blubber all over their body accounting for almost a third of their body weight. Well, when you live in the coldest place in the world that fat comes in handy. Resting on ice flows in the summer, Weddell seals raise their pups and feast on plentiful fish thanks to plankton blooms. In the winter, the air chill is -60 Celsius with winds over 300 kilometers per hour. Weddell seals stay in the considerably warmer water, a crisp -2 degrees Celsius. Using their teeth, they grind back breathing holes to prevent them from icing over and use their powerful snout to break through thinner ice. Luckily, after the banning of commercial sealing in the 1980s, Weddell seal populations have bounced back to a stable level.

Rating- 11/10 (They change their vocalization to try and talk to humans.)

[snailtongue]

“This is a Weddell seal swimming in McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea, Antarctica. Photo by Daniel P. Costa.”

[hazy2k]

art class reference

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Whales making waves

Bertie Gregory tracks a pod of orcas as they prepare to ‘wave wash’ a Weddell seal. Bertie took two month-long expeditions searching for orcas. ‘We spent every waking minute on the roof of the boat, scanning,’ he says. After battling high winds and freezing conditions, he captured this remarkable behaviour with his drone. These orcas belong to a group that specialises in hunting seals by charging towards the ice, creating a wave that washes the seal into the water. With rising temperatures melting ice floes, seals are spending more time on land, and the behaviour of ‘wave washing’ may disappear.

Location: Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Photograph: Bertie Gregory, United Kingdom

2023 Wildlife Photographer of the Year