Seals

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Seals

• By Travis and Lindsey

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Description

• They are white and fluffy when they are born.
• Grownups weigh 110 pounds.
• Grownups are slick and gray.
• They have a black mark that looks like a harp.

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Habitat

• They live in the Arctic and Antarctic.
• They live in the icy oceans.
• They also live on land.

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Characteristics That Help It Live

• A seal uses its flippers to protect itself.
• They swim fast to escape danger.
• They can hold their breath for a long time.
• They are born white for camouflage.

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Eating Habits

• They eat fish.
• When they are babies they drink milk from there
  mom.
• They eat shrimp, crabs, lobsters and octopuses.

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Enemies

• Walruses, dolphins and great white sharks are
  enemies of harp seals.
• Their enemies are killer whales, humans, large
  sharks, and polar bears.
• Humans kill seals for food and their fur.
  Especially the babies.

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Protection

• Harp seals protect their babies with camouflage.
• They swim fast.

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Relatives

• The harp seal is related to walruses, sea lions
  and other seals