Fur seals are mammals and breed like all mammals, through male sperm fertilization of female eggs.
Seals are mammals, so mothers carry their young in the womb and pups are born alive to be nurtured by their parents.
Leopard Seals eat the Antarctic Fur Seals pups.
What are the special features about antarctic fur seals ?
Antarctic fur seals are preyed on by orcas (killer whales) and leopard seals.
No.
beacause they have fur
In the winter
Antarctic fur seals typically feed on krill, squid and fish.
They look like seals that have big ears.
Yes, Antarctic fur seals are vertebrates. They belong to the class Mammalia, which means they have a backbone made up of vertebrae. As mammals, they also possess other characteristics such as warm-bloodedness, fur, and live birth. These seals are part of the family Otariidae, which includes sea lions and other fur seals.
they eat penguin fish krill
The habitat of the Antarctic Fur Seal, (Arctocephalus gazella) is in the general region of the Antarctic.About 95% breed on the islands of South Georgia (Great Britain) in the Scotia Sea, east of Cape Horn, South America. The other major locations for the seals are on the opposite side of Antarctica, at McQuarrie Island (Australia) SSW of New Zealand, and at Kerguelen Island (France) in the extreme southern Indian Ocean. This location gives the seals their other name, Kerguelen Fur Seals.
Scientists group seals, sea lions, fur seals, and walruses together in the scientific order called Pinnipedia. Because these animals live in the marine environment and they find their food at sea, pinnipeds are marine mammals. Six different species of seal live in Antarctic waters - Ross, Weddell, crabeater, leopard, fur and elephant seals. The other two species - Antarctic fur seals and elephant seals - are both found north of the pack-ice zone and breed in dense colonies on beaches.