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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]
Harp seals are named for the harp-like pattern on the backs of adults. While juvenile harp seals are common along New Jersey's coast, adults are more rare, according to the stranding center.
A ragged-jacket (or, occasionally, "raggedy-jacket") is the name given to a harp or grey seal pup when it is undergoing its first moult, and the intermediate stage between a "whitecoat" and a "beater". [1] [2] The moulting begins when the pup is at an age of about 12–14 days, at which time they cease nursing. At this young age, the pups are ...
Short Fuse, a harp seal in the Penguins of Madagascar; Sophie, a circus seal whom Dr. Dolittle befriends and helps escape back to the ocean, in Doctor Dolittle's Circus and also in Dr. Dolittle; Rojas, a leopard seal in Happy Feet and Happy Feet 2; Bryan the Beachmaster, an elephant seal in Happy Feet 2; Lou Seal, mascot for the San Francisco ...
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In 1983, the European Union banned the import of whitecoat harp seal pup pelts (pelts from pups less than about two weeks of age, when the pups molt). As a result, the market for pelts dropped. The kill rates thus declined in subsequent years to an average of about 52,000 seals from 1983 to 1995. During this time, the harp seal population ...
Exploited species included harp seals, hooded seals, Caspian seals, elephant seals, walruses and all species of fur seal. [100] The scale of seal harvesting decreased substantially after the 1960s, [ 101 ] after the Canadian government reduced the length of the hunting season and implemented measures to protect adult females. [ 102 ]
Caspian seal Pusa caspica (Gmelin, 1788) Caspian Sea: Size: about 126–129 cm (50–51 in) in length. Adults weigh around 86 kg (190 lb) [3] Habitat: Diet: crustaceans and various fish species, such as Clupeonella engrauliformis, C. grimmi, C. caspia, Gobiidae, Rutilus caspicus, Atherina boyeri, and Sander lucioperca [4] EN Ringed seal Pusa ...