Their usual habitat is a bay or inlet of salt-water.
Harbor Seals
There are three main types of seals that can be found in Cape Cod: harbor seals, gray seals, and hooded seals. These seals can often be seen lounging on the beaches or swimming in the waters around the Cape.
They are found in coastal waters of the northern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, as well as those of the Baltic and North Seas, making them the most widely distributed of the pinnipeds (walruses, eared seals, and true seals).
According to the latest estimates, there are about five to six million harbor seals in the world. While the harbor seal is not threatened overall, but some of the subspecies are in somewhat of a danger.
Yes, like all seals.
The dirtiest harbor in the world is Sydney harbor. There was trash from more than 200 years ago found in the harbor.
Harbor seals, Elephant seals, Ross seals, Weddell seals, Antarctica Fur seals, Leopard seals and Navy seals.
Yes, harbor seals are native to the Channel Islands off the coast of California. They are commonly found along the rocky shorelines and in the waters surrounding the islands, where they haul out on beaches and rocks to rest and breed. These seals are an important part of the marine ecosystem in the region.
The scientific name for harbor seals is Phoca vitulina.
habor seals live in salt water
The harbor seal has flippers instead of limbs.
yes.