[CINC] Elephant or Harbor Seal pup?

[Staci Kaye-Carr]

Quick hint... Harbor seals usually have spots which can be seen even when
wet.

At each link below is a webpage filled with excellent info. On that page is
a picture, click on the picture for additional photos to help understand the
difference between the two seals.

I work with a marine mammal rescue group and in the past few weeks we have
seen quite a few Northern elephant seal weaners come up on shore. They are
healthy but just tired and need to come ashore to warm up and rest. They
return to the sea usually in 2 to 12 hours.

Staci
 
Northern Elephant seal
http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=295

Harbor seal
http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=158

MarineBio.org is a great web site.
"An evolving online tribute to ocean life, an introduction to marine biology
and what you need to know about marine conservation. MarineBio is a
nonprofit organization staffed by volunteer marine biologists, students,
professors, and conservation advocates working to share the wonders of the
ocean realm to inspire education, research and a sea ethic."



On 4/19/08 7:00 PM, "Paul Jr. Petrich" <ppetrich39 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi  Again Volunteers and Seal Experts,
>  One sighting  I  left  out of my  Scorpion Hike  report for the 17th was that
> of a  seal pup  swimming  right  up on the rocks at  Scorpion while  we were
> waiting  for  the  boat to  take  us home.  From the pier we saw this  seal
> pup case out  a large part  of the  beach, then decide to waddle  up  on rocks
> in front of the H S class of thirty, who were socializing and  enjoying beach.
> They were very responsive to my eventual advice to back off from the pup, and
> look from a  distance. But, how do we determine whether  seal pups like  this
> are  juvenile  Harbor seals as apposed to  wandering Elephant Seals pups, as
> described by Peter Howsworth in the SB News-Press last week?   Paul
> 
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