Seals are Adorable Creatures

Walruses, seals and sealions are all part of the Pinnipedia family. It is divided up into 3 families which in total have 33 pinnipeds. The 3 families are called Otariidae, Phocidae and the Odobenidae family.

Otariidae Family

This family includes sealions and fur seals and has 14 species in total. These species tend to be able to move around with ease and when they are on land they tend to be more upright.

Phocidae Family

This family has 18 species and includes what we call the true seals. These seals can not move about as easily as the Otariids. They move around rather like a caterpillar, pushing themselves by thrusting their necks forward.

Odobenidae Family

This family is made up of only walruses.

Seals will usually eat fish or

squid. The Antartic seals will

eat krill.

It has been known for some

seals, including the leopard

seal to eat pengiuns and even

their own - other seals!

Seals breed mainly on ice

or land. The pupping and

mating season peaks in

summer for most seal

species.

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