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* Seals

* Food

* Seals eat 10 pounds of fish per day.

* Seals eat mainly fish, shellfish and crustacean.

* Leopard seal eat penguins.

* Crabeater seal is known to eat krill, which are small shrimp, like animals.

* Seals are carnivorous mammals.

* Kinds of seals and where they live

* Walrus seal is the only seal that lives in the Tundra.

* Monk seals live in Hawaii.

* There is a elephant seal, Ringed seal, Baikal seal, Harp seal, Hooded seal, Spotted seal, Crabeater

seal, Leopard seal, Ross seal, Monk seal and Walrus seal.

* Harp seals live in the artic mostly by Greenland.

* Predators

* The Harp seal predators are Polar bears, Orcas, Walruses and man.

* The Leopard seals predators are Great White sharks and Orcas only.

* The seals predators are theorca, large sharks, whales, or other larger seals.

* Seals are the favorite food of many predators.

*Largest seal

* The largest seal is the elephant seal

* They can dive at least 1,000 feet

* Seal can remain under water for 30 minutes before coming up to get air

* They spend longest period on land

*Smallest seal

* The smallest seal is a ringed seal

* It is rarely 5 meters in length

* Its pattern is dark spots surrounded by light gray rings

* Usually 50-70 kilograms

*Babies

* Young seals are called pups.

* Baby seals are about two feet long.

* Baby seals are known to be extreimly violent

* Baby seals milk is 50% fat

*Living

* They can live in the wild for 20-45 years

* They also live in captivity

* Both places however have diseases that kill large numbers of them

* There natural habitat is not threatened

*Behavior

* They are sensitive animals

* They are really violent

* They are beyond intelligent

* All seals are mammals and they have the same pattern for feeding and breeding

*Captivity

* They live well in captivity

* In captivity many seals end up with parasites, viruses and other illnesses that can kill them

* They have plenty water to swim in , land to rest on and food and water

* In captivity they will not eat or breed normally due to additional stress