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Spotted Seal (Phoca largha)
Young Spotted Seal, Bering Sea ice. Photograph by Josh M London, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, NOAA. Some rights reserved. (view image details) 
Young Spotted Seal, Bering Sea ice. Photograph by Josh M London, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, NOAA. Some rights reserved. (view image details) 
Spotted Seal pup about 4-5 weeks old. It will likely wean from its mother in another week or so. At that point, it will be on its own to survive. Photograph by Josh M London, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, NOAA. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
SPOTTED SEAL FACTS
DescriptionSpotted Seals have dark irregular spots on a lighter background. Newborn pups are white haired. Spotted Seals form large groups of up to several thousand when they come onto the ice for breeding and molting. Other Names Larga Seal Size length 1.4 - 1.7m Environment sea ice, pack ice, on land when no ice is available. Food fish, crustaceans, squid, octopus Breeding A single pup (usually) is born after gestation of about 12 months. The young is weaned after 4 to 5 weeks. Range along the continental shelves of the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea Classification
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