harbor+seals

We just recently took a field trip up to Anacortes, to go wildlife watching. The most interesting animal to me was the harbor seal. As we floated through the san juan islands we saw tens of them on the rocks sun basking. The wildlife expert told us that they spend most of their time resting and warming up on the rocks. Though they do have a thick layer of blubber to keep them warm they still love sunlight. they eat many fish and some shrimp, octopus and some other mollusks. The males live around 20 to 25 years and the females live about ten years longer. The males will fight underwater to gain mating rights and the strongest males then mate also underwater.

They generally range in all arctic, subarctic and temperate coastlines in the northern hemispheres. They are illegal to hunt in almost all ranges unless it is for fish conservation.

__Size: Males about 6 1/2 feet and 375 pounds Females about 5 1/2 feet and 330 pounds__

Brett