All About Harp Seals

By Madelyn

Description

• Hunted for fur, meat, and skin

• 6 feet long

• 285 pounds

• Pup 24 pounds

• Pup 32 inches

• 12 days 79 pounds

Habitat/Shelter• East of Canada

• Cold

• Open water

• Sped time in ocean

• Greenland, the White Sea

• Arctic ocean and North Atlantic ocean

Food

• Arctic Cod, Polar Cod, Atlantic Herring, and Capelin

• Predators sharks, killer whales, and polar bears

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Fun Facts

• Blubber helps float

• Large eyes help swim

• No blubber in flippers

• Blubber helps eat

• Cow’s back shape harp

• Baby seals called pups

Even MORE Fun Facts

• Adults called cows

• Names that people call harp seals Lover on ice, Greenland seals and Saddle back seals Migrate southward in large groups

• Males brown crest on sides