weddell seal

Weddell seals can drink sea water and they also eat snow.

Weddell seals have no natural predators when on fast ice.

The following habitats are found across the Weddell seal distribution range.

Weddell Seal pups leave their mothers at the age of a few months.

The Weddell Seal is one of the animals that live in the area.

Weddell Seals breed in winter on the sea ice around the island.

The name commemorates the encounter with a living Weddell seal.

This was the territory of a large male weddell seal.

Weddell seals sometimes haul out here for a quiet nap on the beach.

Male and female Weddell seals are generally about the same size, though females can be slightly larger.

During the mating season, Weddell seals make noises that are loud enough to be felt through the ice.

Here, a Weddell seal leads her pup on its first swim beneath the ice.

The Weddell seal can be found in a number of locations including: Antarctica.

Most Weddell seals have scars from contact with killer whales-we saw them.

This enables them to dive at extreme depths (600 m for the Weddell seal).

In Antarctica, Weddell seals give birth on the pack ice.

Weddell seals gnaw at breathing holes in the ice as they shelter below.

Weddell seals gather in small groups around cracks and holes in the ice.

Scientists believe Weddell seals rely mainly on eyesight to hunt for food when light is available.

Out of all permanent mammalian residents, the Weddell seals live the furthest south.

The most thoroughly Antarctic of the seals, how- ever, is the Weddell seal.

It is the only place in South Georgia where Weddell seals breed.

The Weddell seal finds safety beneath the coastal ice, breaking holes in it to breathe through.

Characteristic fauna of the sea include the Weddell Seal.

The top gliders were the elephant and Weddell seals, which spent most of their time coasting downward.