#weddell seal

[sealsdaily]

Today's Seals Are: Alien Abduction

[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

[surgeonssturgeon]

I am not a furry

Oh me oh my, look at what i have stumbled upon. A fursona. Ahhh, no please ahh I’m drawing the fursona nooooooo

Ok furry community, you win. I’ve been OBSESSED with seals lately, and i just learned about Selkies so I guess this was the logical next. She is not Yo-chan her name is Marie B. Oloji as she is a fisherlady >:(

( Get it? Marie B. Oloji? Marine Biology? I’ll shut up )

[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???

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Adventure Photography

Weddell Seal

by Keith Ladzinski

[fluffywolfboyy]

Info about seals!

There are a lot of species I put - hence the read more. If I've missed any that you want me to add lmk /gen

This post used to have wayyy more links, and had the Baikal seal and the Antarctic Fur seal, but tumblr wouldn't let me post it without deleting stuff T-T

I hope you find this useful and if you do end up reading through some of these links let me know your favourite fact! /nf

Links to videos are highlighted in red

Ribbon

NOAA Fisheries

Seal Conservation Society

MarineBio

Alaska Department of Fish and Game <- This is a PDF

Animalia

Harp

NOAA Fisheries

Seal Conservation Society

MarineBio

Ocean Conservancy

Fisheries and Oceans Canada

NAMMCO

NatGeo - The Big Freeze

BBC

Northern Elephant

NOAA Fisheries

Marine Mammal Centre

MarineBio

Palomar Films

Southern Elephant

ASOC

Seal Conservation Society

MarineBio

Real Science

Harbour/Common

NOAA Fisheries

Seal Conservation Society

MarineBio

Scottish Wildlife Trust

Seal Sitters

NAMMCO

Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Grey

NOAA Fisheries

Seal Conservation Society

MarineBio

NAMMCO

Ringed

NOAA Fisheries

Seal Conservation Society

MarineBio

Centre for Biological Diversity

NAMMCO

Leopard

ASOC

MarineBio

Leopard Seals

Seal Conservation Society

Crabeater

ASOC

MarineBio

Seal Conservation Society

Australian Antarctic Program

Weddell

ASOC

MarineBio

Australian Antarctic Program

Spotted

NOAA Fisheries

Seal Conservation Society

MarineBio

Animalia

Centre for Biological Diversity

Alaska Department of Fish and Game <- This is a PDF

Ross

ASOC

Seal Conservation Society

Australian Antarctic Program

Animalia

Animal Diversity Web

Caspian

Seal Conservation Society

Caspian Seal Project

MMPATF

Animalia

'Caspian Seal' The scientific and educational film

Hooded

NOAA Fisheries

Seal Conservation Society

MarineBio

MarLIN

Whale and Dolphin Conservation

NAMMCO

NatGeo - World's Weirdest

Hawaiian Monk

NOAA Fisheries

Marine Mammal Centre

MarineBio

National Wildlife Federation

State of Hawai'i Division of Aquatic Resources

Marine Mammal Commission

Centre for Biological Diversity

Mediterranean Monk

NOAA Fisheries

MarineBio

Marine Mammal Commission

Animalia

Project Manaia

Bearded

NOAA Fisheries

Seal Conservation Society

MarLIN

Alaska Department of Fish and Game

Centre for Biological Diversity

NAMMCO

[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.)

[sealsdaily]

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

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

[snailtongue]

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

[hazy2k]

art class reference

[seamastersworld]

This is so cute same cute impression looks of Alex tai'yee of a leopard seal and svengeance of a crapeater seal and stronghold of a weddell seal it is really really cute I hope you like it 🦭🦭🦭

[muttfangs]

hot butch seal dude wip I was gonna draw a bunch of old wires / servers in the background, have him wearing some more work gear / etc but. ran out of timeeee and I'll finish it laterrrr