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9 de abr. de 2024 · Seal, any of 32 species of web-footed aquatic mammals that live chiefly in cold seas and whose body shape, round at the middle and tapered at the ends, is adapted to swift and graceful swimming. There are two types of seals: the earless, or true, seals; and the eared seals, which comprise the sea lions and fur seals.
Seals are carnivorous marine mammals with fin-shaped feet and thick layers of fat. They belong to the order Pinnipedia, which also includes walruses and sea lions, and have diverse diets and adaptations to different environments.
Seals are marine mammals that live in the Arctic and Antarctic waters. Learn about their facts, threats, and how WWF protects them from hunting, climate change, and offshore drilling.
Pinnipeds (pronounced / ˈ p ɪ n ɪ ˌ p ɛ d z /), commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals.
Seals are aquatic mammals with flippers, no ears and whiskers. They belong to the family 'Pinnipedia' and have 33 species worldwide, two of which live in the UK.
Sea lions are the only aquatic mammals that swim this way. Seals, walruses, whales, otters, and others rely on the back end of their bodies—their tail—to produce thrust. Instead, the sea lion tail is used like a rudder. By using their front flippers, sea lions are easily the fastest group of pinnipeds.
Learn about seals, the pinnipeds that feed in the water and breed on land. Find out how many species there are, what they eat, how they dive, and how they are threatened.
