gray seal
North Atlantic mammal
A gray seal is a large seal native to the North Atlantic, distinguished by its elongated snout and gray-brown coloring.
Males can reach over eight feet long.
The species is common along the coasts of Britain, Iceland, and eastern North America.
Also spelled grey seal.
Marine mammal fat
- flippersFoot-worn swim aids
- whiskersFacial sensory hairs
- furAnimal body hair
- pupsYoung canines or seals
breeding · molting · lactation · gestation · weaning · diving · foraging · vocalization
Land-water boundary
- rockpoolsWater-filled coastal hollows
- sandbankUnderwater sand accumulation
- haul-outMarine mammals ashore
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
rookery · beach · cliffs · cove · inlet · bay · estuary · tidal
Gilled aquatic vertebrate
- squidTen-armed marine mollusk
- sand eelSlim fish, burrows in seafloor
- codCold-water food fish
- flatfishAsymmetrical seafloor swimmer
prey · predator · shark · orca · food chain · overfishing · bycatch · entanglement
blubber
Marine mammal fat
pups · breeding · molting · lactation · gestation · weaning · diving · foraging · vocalization · insulation
shoreline
Land-water boundary
- rockpoolsWater-filled coastal hollows
- sandbankUnderwater sand accumulation
- haul-outMarine mammals ashore
colony · rookery · beach · cliffs · cove · inlet · bay · estuary · tidal · foreshore
fish
Gilled aquatic vertebrate
flatfish · prey · predator · shark · orca · food chain · overfishing · bycatch · entanglement · population
- marine mammalsdolphin, whales, whale, dolphins, porpoise
- Northern wildlifereindeer, arctic fox, polar bear, lemming, moose
- Baltic SeaBaltic Sea, Gulf of Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
- Icelandic wildlifepuffin, arctic fox, arctic tern, fulmar, gyrfalcon
- true seals
- ocean lifeocean, sea, sea creatures, shark, sea life