all about harp seals
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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
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