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The seals in question were all Cape Fur Seals, a species native to this area of Africa from southern Angola and around the horn of South Africa. Related: Baby Seal Playing With Remote Control Toy ...
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Newborn seals have yellow fur because of amniotic fluid, and are still wet. When the pup dries, it is called a yellowcoat. The amniotic stain fades and the fur turns white within a few days, and it gets the name whitecoat. First it's called a thin whitecoat, and when it becomes visibly fatter it is a fat whitecoat. [1]
Nearly 4,000 baby seals have been spotted on a five-mile stretch of coast in Norfolk, making a record for the region. ... Visitors are asked to keep at a distance and keep their dogs on a lead ...
Northern elephant seal skull on display at the Museum of Osteology, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The huge male northern elephant seal typically weighs 1,500–2,300 kg (3,300–5,100 lb) and measures 4–5 m (13–16 ft), although some males can weigh up to 3,700 kg (8,200 lb). [3]
Adult harp seals grow to be 1.7 to 2.0 m (5 ft 7 in to 6 ft 7 in) long and weigh from 115 to 140 kg (254 to 309 lb). [1] The harp seal pup often has a yellow-white coat at birth due to staining from amniotic fluid, but after one to three days, the coat turns white and stays white for 2–3 weeks, until the first molt . [ 2 ]
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This is a fairly large seal, with bulls in the eastern Atlantic populations reaching 1.95–2.3 m (6 ft 5 in – 7 ft 7 in) long and weighing 170–310 kg (370–680 lb); the cows are much smaller, typically 1.6–1.95 m (5 ft 3 in – 6 ft 5 in) long and 100–190 kg (220–420 lb) in weight. [8]