A Sea Lion Called Salena by Dale Campbell Gaetz

When mating season comes, male seals will issue deep, throaty calls to attract the attention of females. (Image credit: New England Aquarium) Baby seals The baby is the first born at the New England Aquarium in Boston, which is trying to breed the vulnerable animals.

They sometimes skip eating for a few days, and often stop eating completely during mating season and will live off energy from their stored-up blubber for weeks. The gray seal can eat 10 pounds (4.53 kilograms) of food in one day. Leopard seals will eat penguins and smaller seals, according to Seals World. Seals generally prey on fish, but they will also eat eel, squid, octopus and lobster. They can spend about two years in the open ocean before returning to their breeding grounds, according to the NOAA. Crabeater, Weddell, leopard and Ross seals live in the Antarctic.įur seals and sea lions live in the Northern Pacific between Asia and North America and off the coasts of South America, Antarctica, southwestern Africa and southern Australia. Harp, ringed, hooded, spotted, bearded and ribbon seals live in the Arctic. Others never leave the ice pack and poke breathing holes in the ice, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Some seals make caves in the snow to live in. True seals typically live in the cold ocean waters of the Arctic or off the coasts of Antarctica. They are often seen sunning themselves on beaches, docks and jetties. In the wild, these animals live along the West Coast of North America. One of the most recognized species, according to the NOAA, is the California sea lion, which is often featured doing tricks at zoos and aquariums. There are 16 species of eared seals seven of them are sea lion species.

A Sea Lion Called Salena by Dale Campbell Gaetz