Photo by Matthieu Godbout (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nViolent Love<\/h2>\n
This particular marine mammal is known to live in a colony, also called a rookery, so if you have the privilege of seeing one seal….you will most likely see many more. These colonies grow much larger during the mating season when both genders return to their same mating grounds, year after year, located off the coast of Newfoundland, the Greenland Sea and the White Sea. These mating grounds can get pretty violent as the males will typically battle with each other for their piece of land. With sharp teeth and powerful flippers, these fights can escalate quite quickly. Adding to the violence is the fact that harvesting Harp Seal, while on their mating grounds, is an economically important activity. In fact, it very well could be the most commercially important seal on the planet, with hundreds of thousands seals being killed each year.<\/p>\n
Harp Seal Fast Fact<\/h2>\n
The babies are born on the ice amongst the masses of all the seals. The mother uses scent in order to locate her newly born pup. I wonder how many new born mix-ups there are with the Harp Seal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
After spending yesterday in the ocean learning about the gigantic – and creepy – Giant Squid, I thought we could use a nice, cute ocean animal. And to be honest, I really don’t think you will find an ocean animal that has cuter babies the Harp Seal. I mean just look at the picture above! Unlike our squid friend, this particular seal can only be found in the northernmost portions of the Atlantic Ocean and into the Arctic Ocean. This means that today’s trip out on the ocean waters, may be a little chillier so dress warm. Hold Your Breath <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,3179,3180,4025,219],"yoast_head":"\n
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