Hooded seal

Hooded Seal page for Arctic Ocean Biodiversity, a Census of Marine Life project

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The unique flaunting technique was snapped by wildlife photographer Sylvian Cordier in the Magdadalen Islands, Canada, during the species' mating season.

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The hooded seal is a large, ice breeding, migratory seal found over the Western and Central Northern North Atlantic ocean.

Earless Seals (Phocidae Family - True Seals) Example #1: Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata). ("Hooded seal - Wikipedia.") Google search: "The Hooded Seal (Cystophora cristata) is a large Phocid found only in the central & western North Atlantic. The seals are typically silver-grey in colour, with black spots that vary in size covering most of the body. Hooded Seal pups are known as "blue-backs" because their coats are blue-grey on the back with whitish bellies. Wikipedia."

Know Your Arctic Seals design by Peppermint Narwhal. / There are six species of true seals found in the Arctic. The Hooded Seal is the largest and the Ringed Seal is the smallest. Many of these seals are heavily dependant on sea ice for their survial. Since they spend the majority of their time at sea, ice affords them opportunity to haul out for rest and gives mothers a place to give birth and to nurse their young. • Millions of unique designs by independent artists. Find your thing.

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