HARP SEALS

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HARP SEALS

• BYMORGAN BARKSDALE MARIA BALDINI

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All Aboard!

• Cute, lovable, huggable, I just want to give a
  harp seal a big squeeze when I see one. I know
  youll think that, too. So hop on board and come
  on a harp seal adventure!

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Glorious Tundra

• Wow! You can find harp seals in a lot of cold
  places. A harp seals habitat is made up of the
  shores of North Atlantic oceans as well as arctic
  oceans from Russia, Greenland, to Canada. I told
  you they live in a lot of places. Lets jump into
  some more harp seal facts.

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Yum, Yum ,Yum!

• Yum, I am hungry for something
  delicious! Harp seals favorite treats are shrimp,
  squid, anchovy, smelt and crustaceans. They
  swallow their food whole. Harp seals hunt for
  their food in the ocean. They catch it in their
  mouth and bring it back to their babies. Would
  you like to do that?

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Harp babies

• Slurp, slurp goes the little baby harp seal as
  it drinks it mamas milk. Did you know a harp
  seal needs it mothers milk to grow a thick layer
  of blubber to keep warm? Harp seals are born in
  the spring. When theyre born they have white
  fur and they are called white coat seals. When
  they grow, they molt and turn a different color.
  Thats what happens to baby harp seals.

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Facts

• Have you heard the harp seal belongs to a group
  of mammals called pinnipeds? Harp seals are
  related to walruses and sea lions. Can you
  believe adult seals can sleep while floating in
  the water? They also can migrate over 3,000
  miles.

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Wrap it up

• Thanks for coming on our harp seal adventure.
  Now do you think harp seals are awesome? Well
  your journey is over, we hope you had fun on our
  harp seal cruise.

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Resources

• Seal Journey, by Richard and Jonah Solol
• Harp Seals, by Olga Cossi