Seal, Description, Species, Habitat, Diet, & Facts
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Seal, any of 32 species of web-footed aquatic mammals that live chiefly in cold seas and whose body shape, round at the middle and tapered at the ends, is adapted to swift and graceful swimming. There are two types of seals: the earless, or true, seals; and the eared seals, which comprise the sea lions and fur seals.
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Seals - Great Barrier Reef Foundation - Great Barrier Reef Foundation
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Seal, Description, Species, Habitat, Diet, & Facts
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Seal, Description, Species, Habitat, Diet, & Facts
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Leopard Seal Facts
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Harp Seal Facts (Pagophilus groenlandicus)
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Crabeater seal - Wikipedia
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Seal Fact Sheet, Blog, Nature
Seal, Description, Species, Habitat, Diet, & Facts
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Common Seal - Facts, Diet & Habitat Information
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