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fyanimaldiversity · 1 year
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Melanistic Atlantic Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus atlantica) [x]
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sitting-on-me-bum · 5 months
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Grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) pup in white lanugo coat with flippers out-stretched. Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, UK. November.
Photographer: Michael Hutchinson
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mirtadraws · 1 year
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I have adopted a seal from Seal Rescue Ireland. Meet my void-eyed daughter Grian, whose name means sun in Irish
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tenth-sentence · 10 months
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Gray, Harbor, and Northern Elephant Seals engage in a wide variety of nonprocreative heterosexual behaviors.
"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl
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oh-dear-so-queer · 10 months
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Some older adolescent males (40-55 percent of the population) or younger adults may be bisexual, mounting both males and females.
"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl
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chilirasbora · 10 months
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Harbor seal | Phoca vitulina
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Gray seal | Halichoerus grypus
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Spotted seal | Phoca largha
What do all of these seals have in common? Homosexuality has been observed in all three species! Happy pride!
🏳️‍🌈, 🏳️‍🌈, 🏳️‍🌈
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okaima · 6 months
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Karelian Words - Seals
Hyleh, t'uleni, vorvani - earless seal (phocidae)
N'orppa - ringed seal (Pusa hispida)
Jiekishyleh - grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)
Kivihyleh - multicoloured seal, Ladoga seal (Pusa hispida ladogensis)
Belkka - seal pup
Räbiläs - seal paw
Maruh, meru- (seal) fat
Meraju - seal blubber, fatty seal meat
Duutišša - hole in the ice through which seals come to breathe
Hangiluuva - seal nest in snow
Laašša, hylehlaašša - stone that is surrounded by water and on which seals can be seen resting
Hukki - special, couple of feet long hook used to lift seal from the net
Hylehverkko - net used for seal hunting
Kabli - bone scraper used for cleaning fur
Keijäs - short spear, metal or bone headed ski pole used for seal hunt
N'orppaoroša - gun used for seal hunting
Belkkalakki, belkkatreuhka - fur cap decorated with sealskin, worn by village elders in northern Viena
Čuikku - parka made from seal fur most often worn by fishers
Hylehšäpäkkähät - legwarmers made from seal fur
Perepreättä - fisher's apron made from seal skin
Šošlakan'kat - traditional fur shoes made from seal fur, worn when the snow turns into watery slush
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noaasanctuaries · 1 year
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This week we celebrated National Pig Day!
Did you know gray seals’ scientific name, Halichoerus grypus, translates to “hooked-nosed pig of the sea?” Learn more about them in our #EarthIsBlue video.
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oatslemonade · 11 months
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More world building fun facts about sea life for MerMay!
This time it's Seals, Sea Lions and Selkies. I'm including Selkies, even though they are mythical, because I like them and also because they are in Leviathantale.
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A quote from Wikipedia:
In Celtic and Norse mythology, selkies (also spelled silkies, sylkies, selchies) or selkie folk (Scots: selkie fowk) meaning 'seal folk'[a]
1) There are both Male and Female Selkies. Both are said to be gorgeous, an unearthly beauty.
* Female Selkies are more often featured. More often tragic. Due to the nature of their magic/nature, they are often forced to become brides to human men.
* Male Selkies on the other hand, appear to be more often the "one night stand" to lonely human women. Although there is potential for them to become forced husbands.
2) Human/Selkie Offspring
* It is thought that the myth of the Selkies was used to explain why some people were born with webbed hands and feet. Called "selkiepaws".
* In more modern stories/artwork it is common for Selkie children to be as beautiful as the Selkie parent. Often with dark eyes and hair.
***** This part is from memory,*****
But I could of sworn that the children would be gifted swimmers and great fishermen... But for the life of me, I can't find a good source for that, so call that some flavor text.
3) What are Selkies?
*** This is debated, some think their origins are Fallen Angels, humans that came to an "unfortunate end", and some debate that Selkies are fairies or Fae.
* Selkies are shapeshifters. They live their lives as seals for the most part, but can turn into a human form when they shed their seal skin.
* In some artwork/adaptations the skin can look like a skinned seal, or it can look like clothing, such as a cloak or a hoodie.
4) The Selkies Skin
* The skin allows the Selkie to transform from Seal to Human
* If a person steals a Selkie's skin, they can force the Selkie to marry them.
* If a Selkie gets their skin back, they'll be drawn back to the sea. Even if they love their spouse, and even if they have children... The Selkie will go back to the sea.
* I have a vague memory, I can't find if a Selkie never returns to the spouse, or if it's a set time like seven or ten years or so.
5) Species of Seal?
*Since Selkies are mythical creatures, it's difficult to have a solid species for the seal. It would be similar to pinning down the species of wolf for a werewolf. But there are some seals I think fit the bill, location wise
* There are two species of seals that are native to Irish waters: the Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) and the Harbour (or Common) Seal (Phoca vitulina).
* But in modern/worldwide/just for fun, there are lots of seal species that would be fun to have has a Selkie base.
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1) Seals and Sea Lions and Walrus are pinnipeds, a group of Marine mammals. Pinniped means fin or flipper-footed in Latin. Seals and and all Pinnipeds are semi aquatic mammals... Try to get that one song about secret agent animals out of your head.
2) Most Pinnipeds will spend most of their time in the water, sometimes they will even sleep in the ocean. Like most marine mammals, they can sleep in water by turning off parts of their brain, so they are alert enough to gauge when to wake up and breathe.
3) In general, Seals and Sea Lions will go to land for a few reasons. Breeding, raising their pups, sleeping and warming up in the sun.
4) Baby Seals and Sea Lions babies are called pups.
* The season when pups are born is called "Pupping season."
* Seal mothers and their pups will gather together for safety. The mother/pup group/area is called a rookery.
* Seal mothers nurse their pups for around a month or so, depending on the species. They'll nurse until the milk supply runs out. So once that is done, the pup needs to be independent.
* PSA if you see a pup in the wild, leave it alone, because they are living off the milk from its mother, and then hunt for itself. It wastes precious energy fleeing from humans and dogs. The pups are still learning how to hunt. Also lots of countries have laws to protect marine mammals breeding areas.
5) Main differences between Seals and Sea Lions
Sea lions tend to bark loudly, they are better at 'walking' on land using their large flippers and have visible ear flaps. Sea Lions are much more social. Sea Lions eat with just their mouths, they don't use their flippers to hold food. The foreflippers are not covered in fur, this aids them in swimming fast. Tend to be a solid color.
Seals have small flippers, wriggle on their bellies on land, and lack visible ear flaps. Seals tend to be more solitary. Seals use their foreflippers to hold their food while eating. The foreflippers are covered in fur and have sharp claws, this helps them in holding their food. Seals can have spots or ring patterns in their fur.
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Extra: Story potentials. I might explore these ideas myself, but please feel free to explore them yourselves! I'd love to see the art/read the stories!
*** Fallen angel Geno Selkie...***
- Reaper, doesn't matter what version, "Hey, did it hurt?"
"Did what hurt?" Geno asks, confused and irritated.
"When you fell from heaven." Reaper says in a flirty manner.
"Who told you?" Suddenly transforms into a traditional scary angel type with a thousand eyes and wings. "That I, Genocide, was a fallen angel!"
"Chill out Geno! Reaper was trying to flirt!" Blue tells Geno.
Reaper has a fear boner.
***** An AU where Geno was part of an aquatic monster Underground.****
The Undertale's story plays out, but in an underwater/underwater cave instead. Geno is a Selkie. He gets stuck in the save screen. Is not affected by Reaper's death touch. Reaper gets a hold of Geno's skin and they become married. Geno gets his skin back much later after having Goth. But since Geno's home AU is gone it gets corrupted and transforms Geno into Error. Not only is the Selkie nature of returning home working against him, but the corruption makes him forget about his previous life and family.
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lord-allo · 11 months
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Seehunde & Kegelrobben | Common seals & grey seals
Phoca vitulina & Halichoerus grypus
[Seehundstation Norddeich]
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ilovemuseums · 2 years
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Grey seal, Halichoerus grypus, Bristol Museum
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sitting-on-me-bum · 1 year
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Junge Kegelrobbe - Beim Stretching
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Junge Kegelrobbe - Beim Stretching by GemengenHeng Via Flickr: Die Kegelrobbe (Halichoerus grypus) ist Deutschlands größtes wildlebendes Raubtier. Diesem Examplar auf der Insel Düne war aber weniger nach Jagen sondern vielmehr nach Stretching. Im Frühjahr steht der Fellwechsel an, und in dieser Zeit lässt es sich nicht besonders gut schwimmen und tauchen. Auf dem Foto ist es gut erkennbar: Das längere, bräunliche Fell ist schon zum Teil durch das neue, kürzere graue Fell ersetzt worden.
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GREY SEALS, DECEMBER
In a previous post I wrote about the little terns that migrate to Winterton beach every spring, but another species completely takes over the beach for months in the winter. The grey seal (Halichoerus grypus)! Starting in November and going all the way til February, thousands of pregnant grey seals come here to have their pups. Here’s a photo of a newborn pup and their mum, with some other sleeping seals in the background, that I took last winter.
I’ve been coming to see this amazing spectacle for a few years now and every year there are more and more - this last winter saw almost 4,000 baby grey seals born! The previous record, in 2019-2020, was 2,069 which is about half! About 50% of the entire world population of grey seals live around the British Coast, making this beach and the surrounding beaches very important breeding areas. Below is a map showing the global geographical distribution of the grey seal:
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And here’s a newborn pup scooting around the sand:
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To witness this mass visit from the seals, volunteers rope off the beach and stand guard to prevent anybody disturbing the seals, or getting themselves in the way of a boisterous male and his razor-sharp teeth. You are still very close to them, standing up on the dunes, and sometimes a mother will even make her way up into the dunes to give birth. The pups are usually pure white, and get fed by by their mothers for three weeks, putting on about 2kgs of weight every day. I always take binoculars as well as my camera and phone, to take up close pictures of these cute guys, like this:
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Here’s a close up of their fuzzy flippers:
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After those first three weeks the mother leave the pup, who will stay on its own at the beach while it moults its white coat (which isn’t water-proof and too heavy to swim with). Then they will begin learning to hunt in the sea for fish like cod and herring. Grey seals are a keystone species in marine ecosystems, helping to maintain a balance in the food web they are at the top of.  
Only about 50% of these pups will survive their first year, many not making it through those important first weeks. This happens for many reasons but mainly starvation, which is due to mother-pup separation during lactation or abandonment. As the mothers only have one pup a year, the male seals crowd the beach too, waiting for them to give birth and become ready to mate with. It is not uncommon for a male to kill a newborn pup, either accidentally or intentionally, to make it easier for him to mate with the mother. Every year after the pupping season is over, the carcasses of those that didn’t make it are left for birds and insects to feed on. This is another way the grey seal fits into this ecosystem, but unfortunately one that the dog always wants to roll in. The photo below is a reminder that although the pups and the older seals are extremely cute, the reality of nature can sometimes be cruel, but still crucial.
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tenth-sentence · 10 months
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Homosexual behavior is also common among male Gray Seals during the molting period, less frequent among Elephant Seal bulls (though it occurs at more times of the year in the latter species).
"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl
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oh-dear-so-queer · 10 months
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Male Gray Seals exhibit seasonal bisexuality: during the molting period, many bulls participate in preferential homosexual activity – generally ignoring any females present in the herd – while during the mating season heterosexual behavior is the norm.
"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl
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whats-in-a-sentence · 10 months
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Homosexuality is not generally the result of animals being "deprived" of heterosexual mating opportunities – this can be seen quite clearly in the behavior of individuals toward members of the opposite sex in skewed or segregated populations (in both the wild and captivity).
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"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl
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