Southern Elephant Seals

Antarctica – Seals

When is a seal not a true seal? When it’s an eared seal! So what’s the difference? True seals (phocids) are unable to use their rear flippers for propulsion and thus generally move slowly and clumsily. They loll around on land yet swim with grace. The true seals I saw around the Antarctic Peninsula includedContinue reading “Antarctica – Seals”