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GRAY SEAL FACTS
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Description
The male Gray Seal is dark grey with lighter silver grey spots. The male has a long-arched roman nose. The female is silver-grey with small scattered dark spots. The underside is lighter in both male and female. Pups have long, creamy white fur which is shed after 3 weeks.
Other Names
Atlantic Seal, Horsehead Seal
Size
Length: males 2 - 2.7m; females 1.6 - 2.2m
Environment
rocky continental coasts, isolated islands
Food
fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Breeding
Pup is born after gestation period of 11 months. Pups gain about 1.5kg per day and are weaned after 2 weeks
Range
temperate and subarctic waters on both sides of the North Atlantic
Classification
| Class: | Mammalia | | Order: | Carnivora | | Family: | Phocidae | | Genus: | Halichoerus | | Species: | grypus | | Common Name: | Gray Seal |
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