Seals, Pinipeds and other marine sausages

Seals, Pinnipeds and other marine sausages !!!

The Seal-liest presentation ever

DISCLAIMER, do not touch a wild seal !!!

A Sealy video

A Sealy Quiz

Is this a seal?

A Sealy Quiz

Nope, it is a sea otter!

A Sealy Quiz

Is this a seal?

A Sealy Quiz

Nope just a sealy dog!

A Sealy Quiz

Is this a seal?

A Sealy Quiz

LOL, just a phat manatee!

A Sealy Quiz

Which is the TRUE seal?

A Sealy Quiz

GET SEAL-D lol

TRUE seals !

Index

What are Seals?

01

The Pinnipeds

02

Distinguishing

03

04

Seal Species

05

Conclusion

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What are Seals?

What are Seals?

They are Marine Mammals!

Land

Sea

They kinda look like this!

What are Seals?

They are Marine Mammals!

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They kinda look like this!

What are Seals?

Your spheal has evolved! Around 23-30Ma ago..

What are Seals?

A little taxonomy class!

What are Seals?

Seals are part of the Pinnipedia Clade of Families

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The Pinnipeds(Marine saugeges)

The Pinnipeds

There are 34 Species of Pinnipeds between the 3 families.

Phocidae - True Seals

Otariidae, Otariinae - Sea Lions

Otariidae, Arctocephalus - Fur Seals

Odobenidae - Walrus

The Pinnipeds

Phocidae, (Family of the Seals)

• Called earless seals, phocids, or true seals, they are very round, very bouncy and very cute;
• There are 18 True Seal species, the Caribbean Monk seal went extinct in 1952;
• Adult phocids vary from 1.17 m in length and 45 kg in weight in the ringed seal to 5.8 m and 4,000 kg in the southern elephant seal;

Unique Traits

- Land locomotion

- Ears

- Sounds

The Pinnipeds

Odobenidae, (Family of the Tooth-walkers)

• Walruses, very large Pinnipeds with large tusks and glorious mustaches, they have thick skin with a lot of blubber, their lips are human-like;
• There's only 1 Walrus species the Walrus;
• Classified as a Vulnerable species by the IUCN;
• Males can grow between 2.7 to 3.6 m, and weigh nearly 2,000kg;

Unique Traits

- Sounds

- Tusks

- Mustaches

The Pinnipeds

Otariidae (family of little-eared animals), Otariinae

• Subfamily of the Sea Lions, averegely larger than seals with slimmer bodies, they have little ears and males can grow manes just like Lions;
• There are 6 species of Sea Lions;

• A male California sea lion weighs on average 300 kg and is about 2.4 m long ;

Unique Traits

- Sounds

- Ears

- Land locomotion

- Manes

The Pinnipeds

Otariidae, Arctocephalus (Bear-Headed animals)

• Subfamily of the Fur Seals, similar to Sea Lions, their heads are shorter and look like a Croissant, very furry compared to Sea Lions;
• There are 9 species of Fur Seals;

• Male Australian fur seals grow to lengths and weights of about 2.5 metres and 300 kg ;

Unique Traits

- Sounds

- Ears

- Face Structure

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Learn how to distinguish Pinnipeds!

Seal-iously?

Tusks/Mustache?

No

Yes

Ears/Pinnae?

Walrus !

Yes/ Walks

No/ Bounces

Locomotion

Thick Fur?

True Seal !

Yes/ Growls/Short

No/ Barks/ Long

Sounds

Head

Eared Seals

Sea Lion!

Fur Seal !

04

Seal Species

Seal Species

Phocinae

Ribbon seal

Hawaiian monk seal

09

18

Mediterranean monk seal

Grey seal

17

08

Southern elephant seal

Harbor seal

16

07

Northern elephant seal

Spotted seal

06

15

Caspian seal

Ross seal

05

14

Baikal seal

Crabeater seal

04

13

Leopard seal

Ringed seal

12

03

Hooded seal

Weddell seal

11

02

Harp seal

Bearded seal

10

01

Lobodontini

Phocini

Miroungini

Monachini

Hooded seal

Cystophora cristata

• Males have this weird red sack in their noses, they inflate it to impress females;
• Classified as vulnerable by the IUCN, there are 340,000 mature individuals alive;
• Adult males are 2.6 meters long on average, can grow to 3.5 m, and weigh between 300–410 kg.

Ringed seal

Pusa hispida

• The most popular species of seal, especially in Japan, they are also the smallest, they have little spots and rings on their bodies this is how they distinguish each other;
• Classified as Least Concerned by the IUCN, there are 1,500,000 mature individuals alive;
• Adult males are on average 1.5m long and weigh on between 50–70 kg.

Ribbon seal

Histriophoca fasciata

• These seals have beutiful white stripes in their bodies, males have air internal airsacs that produce noises to atract females, their babys are the very popular white pups;
• Classified as Least Concerned by the IUCN, there are 183,000 mature individuals alive;
• Adult ribbon seals of both sexes measure an average 1.6m (maximum 1.9m) in length, and weigh an average 70-80kg.

Harp Seal

Pagophilus groenlandicus

• The closest cousin to the ribbon seal, their babys are so popular that you can't find that many pictures of adults, the babys are also white and fluffy;
• Classified as Least Concerned by the IUCN, there are 4,500,000 mature individuals alive;
• Adult males 1.5-2 m in length and weigh an average of 130 kg.

Leopard Seal

Hydrurga leptonyx

• Dinosaur-like, this is the most predatory seal, despite it's bad reputation these seal are in reality pretty calm, they also make very interesting noises;
• Classified as Least Concerned by the IUCN, there are 18,000 mature individuals alive;
• The overall length of adults is 2.4–3.5 m and their weight is in the range 200 to 600 kg.

Crabeater Seal

Lobodon carcinophaga

• Closely related to Leopard Seals, these seal have the most interesting teeth of all;
• Classified as Least Concerned by the IUCN, there are 4,000,000 mature individuals alive;
• Adult seals grow to an average length of 2.3 m and an average weight of around 200 kg.

Southern elephant seal

Mirounga leonina

• By far the largest pinniped, males are very territorial and agressive, its also the deepest diving seal, and the 2 deepest diving mammal (2000m), can hold their breath for nealy 2 hours;
• Classified as Least Concerned by the IUCN, there are 325,000 mature individuals alive;
• Males have been measured to be 5.8 m and weight 4,000 kg, very chonky indeed.

Mediterranean monk seal

Monachus monachus

• The only seal species in Portugal, females take care of their babies for about 7 weeks the longest of any seal;
• Classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN, there are 444-600 mature individuals alive;
• they are on average 2.4 m in length and weigh 250-300 kg

Conclusion

Conclusion

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Vocalizations

Slaps

Vocalizations

Bark

Pinnae

Pinnae

Glorious

Galumphing

Bigtooth

Vocalizations

Chainsaw

Face Structure

Fur Seal : Shorter snouts, curved heads, eyes closer to the mouth.

Sea Lion : Longer snouts, eyes farther back, slimmer faces.

Glorious

Vocalizations

whistle

Walking

Where did they go?