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Some facts about the
Gray seal
Adult weight : 268 kg (589.6 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 43 years
Female maturity :1460 days
Male maturity : 1887 days
Gestation : 240 days
Weaning : 19 days
Litter size : 1
Litters per year : 1
Interval between litters : 365 days
Weight at birth : 14 kg (30.8 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 41.45 kg (91.19 lbs)
Gray seal
Order : Carnivora
Family : Phocidae
Species : Halichoerus grypus
The grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) is a big "true" seal, the largest British Isles native mammal, that is the one and only classified species of the Halichoerus genus of the Phocidae family. It is found in subarctic and temperate shores on both sides of the North Atlantic ocean. There are three specified populations of this seal: the western Atlantic population found in Canadian maritime provinces from Cape Chidley on Labrador coast and extends to Nova Scotia; the population on eastern Atlantic on the British Isles and Faeroe Islands up to Iceland southwestern coasts; and the Baltic Sea population. The grey seal's habitat varies among individual groups. Some are found along the coasts of rocky continental areas, while some are seen on solitary islands. There are populations on ice shelves and icebergs, too.
A grey seal bull can be 2.5 to 3.3 meters in length and almost 300 kilograms in weight. A cow is much smaller, about 1.6 to 2 meters in length and weighing around 100 to 150 kilograms. Pups already weigh about 16 kilograms when born. They become even fatter thanks to their mothers' milk, and they will gain mass four times more by the time they reach moulting period. Sex differentiation by color will manifest at this stage. The female has a grey-silver colour with dark spots scattered all over its body. The bull has a darker shade of grey with lighter spots of grey silver. Both have darker backs and lighter bellies. The nose also tells the sex of this seal: the bull has a nose with a long arch and a roman profile while the cow has a narrower and shorter straight nose.
Grey seals eat usually by groups. They devour a lot of fish like sand eels cod, herring, flatfish, and skates. They also eat lobsters and octopus and other sea creatures. It is said that they need to eat about 5 kilograms of food everyday although they do not eat daily, and they actually go into fasting when breeding.
The Gray seal, grey seal is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the gray seal
A young / baby of a gray seal is called a 'pup'. The females are called 'cow' and males 'bull'. A gray seal group is called a 'pod, colony, crash, flock, harem, bob, herd, rookery, team or hurd'.Countries
Canada, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden and United Kingdom
Facts about the gray seal
Female gray seals are considerably smaller and are mostly light in color with irregular dark patches.
General Description: Halichoerus grypus is a large seal with a distinctive long, broad, prominently bridged snout, which has lead to the common name
Gray seals are listed as species of special concern in Massachusetts because of the bounties that used to be paid for each seal killed and because the state is at the southern edge of their breeding
Halichoerus grypusThe Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) is found on both shores of the North Atlantic Ocean .
In addition, the Gray Seal is the primary host of the codworm (or sealworm), whose larvae invade fish, reducing the commercial value of the catch.
jpg :Animalia :Chordata :Mammalia :Carnivora :Phocidae :Halichoerus :grypus Binomial name Halichoerus grypus(Fabricius, 1791) The Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) is found on both shores of the North Atlantic Ocean.
The endangered seal Halichoerus grypus is common.
The GRAY SEAL is GRAYT! (Full text)
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Halichoerus grypus(Fabricius, 1791) The Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) is found on both shores of the North Atlantic Ocean. (Full text)
Size: Male gray seals are much larger than females, weighing 375 to 880 pounds and growing to almost ten feet long. (Full text)
Gray seals are found on the northern coasts of both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. (Full text)
Once nearly exterminated, New England harbor and gray seals are on the increase in the Gulf of Maine. (Full text)
Gray seals are abundant in the cold northern Atlantic waters off Canada, Greenland, and northern Europe. (Full text)
Halichoerus grypus is an opportunistic feeder consuming between four and six percent of its body weight in one feeding per day. (Full text)
Gray seals are the other seal regularly encountered in Island waters. (Full text)
Now, however, the gray seals are thriving while harbor seal populations are plummeting. (Full text)
Other descriptions of Grey seal Grey Seal Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Carnivora Family: Phocidae Genus: Halichoerus Species: grypus Binomial name Halichoerus grypus (Fabricius, 1791) The Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) is found on both shores of the North Atlantic Ocean. (Full text)
Unfortunately the narrator of the boat I went on is convinced that the Gray Seal is responsible for the decline of the fishing industry and spent much of the tour berating the seal and advocating their destruction. (Full text)
" Some gray seals are gray, but just as many are silver or brown. (Full text)
The Grey Seal (Halichoerus grypus) is found on both shores of the North Atlantic Ocean. (Full text)
GREY SEAL The grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) is the larger of the two native British seals. (Full text)
Gray Seal Skull - The gray seal is a large seal reaching a length of 9. (Full text)
The Gray Seal is from the order Carnivora. (Full text)