Harp seal - Wikipedia
网页The harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), also known as Saddleback Seal or Greenland Seal, is a species of earless seal, or true seal, native to the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean. Originally in the genus Phoca with a number of other species, it was reclassified into the monotypic genus Pagophilus in 1844.
Harp Seal - National Geographic
网页Young harp seals are born on the ice, and mothers identify their own offspring from the multitudes by their smell. The young seals are famous for their snowy white coats.
Harp Seal - NOAA Fisheries
网页2022年4月20日 · At birth, newborn harp seals weigh about 25 pounds and are about 3 feet long. They nurse on high-fat milk for about 12 days. During this time, they gain about 5 pounds per day and develop a thick blubber layer. Harp seals wean when they reach around 80 pounds. After weaning, adult females leave their pups on the pack ice.
Harp seal | Arctic Mammal, Adaptations & Conservation
网页Harp seals spend most of their lives in the water, though some have been known to ride bits of drifting sea ice for short distances during migration. All harp seals must come up on land or ice to give birth, rear their young, and molt. From late February to March, seals relocate to the southern limit of their range to breed and give birth.
The Harp Seal's Race Against Time - Ep. 5 - YouTube
网页2019年8月8日 · We head away from land onto the ice floes of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where thousands of harp seals are giving birth to tiny yellow pups. The adults have come so far south from their feeding...
Harp Seal Facts and Pictures -- National Geographic Kids
网页Harp seals are sometimes called saddleback seals because of the dark, saddlelike marking on the back and sides of their light yellow or gray bodies of the adults. Baby seals are born on...
ADW: Pagophilus groenlandicus: INFORMATION
网页Harp seals birth one pup at a time, they are nursed and cared for by their mother for 10 to 12 days. The mother’s milk is 48% fat and the pups gain an average of 33 kg while they nurse. Once the pup is weaned it is abandoned by its mother and remains alone on the ice as it waits for its silver-gray pelage to grow in so it can go into the water.
Harp Seal - Oceana
网页1. Harp seals grow up to 6 feet (1.8 m) long and weigh up to 300 pounds (136 kg). 2. Harp seals can live for an estimated 30 years. 3. Harp seal pups are born with long white fur that helps them absorb sunlight and stay warm while they’re still developing blubber. Pups shed their white fur after about three to four weeks old.
Meet the harp seal—one face of the climate crisis - National …
网页2024年1月23日 · Harp seals need to give birth on ice. Migrating from the Arctic at the end of August, they will search for sea ice in late February, when typically each pregnant female gives birth to a...
Jennifer Hayes: A Seal Encounter Brings a Change of Heart
网页2014年4月23日 · The harp seal females give birth to their pups, called white coats, on the ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in February. The female will nurse the pup for 12 to 15 days. Then, she will abandon...
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