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The seal is a mammal that belongs to the family of marine pinniped mammals and is therefore naturally adapted to live most of the time in the Water.

Meanwhile, there are around one 19 speciesof seals or fócidos, as they are also called. Among its main features the absence of a pinna stands out (they completely lack an external ear), while their hind limbs are directed backwards, a fact that makes them not the most functional at the hour of displacement land; it is the main difference that seals present with respect to the otáridae family, among which the sea lions and sea bears are distinguished.

Then, the body of the seals is specially prepared for mobilization in the water, it is elongated, fusiform, about 1 meter long, and the forelimbs are short and flattened, of the kind fins, precisely to facilitate and make your transfer within the sea more agile.
And the other of the peculiarities that it presents is its fur, which is short and very dense when the seal is he finds in adulthood, however, contrary to what is thought, it is not his fur that provides him a

thermal protection but it is exercised by the thick layer of grease subcutaneous available, in some cases it can even represent a quarter of the total weight of the seal and even more, many species even lack fur.

Regarding their social behavior, seals do not usually form colonies, as do their "colleagues" the sea lions, but there is a great variety of relationships between different species, for example, some species form monogamous pairs, others decide to associate in small tribes, among the main ones shapes.

Your main source of feeding It is also made up of aquatic species such as: crustaceans, fish, cephalopods, penguins and smaller seals. Are able to swim across long distances and of dive into enormous depths as long as they catch their prey. For example, the weddel seal it is capable of descending 600 meters deep into the sea.

Seals live mostly on the coasts of the coldest seas in the world, so it is practically impossible to find them in tropical regions.

On the other hand, the term is often used in the language popular to designate that overweight person. Maria looks like a seal, it is incredible what she has gained in recent times.

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