Harp Seal

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Harp Seal

• By Mario Zuniga
• 4/10/09

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Physical Characteristics

• The harp seal is a very interesting animal. The
  harp seal is white, black, and gray.It can live
  up to 30 to 35 years. They can weigh up to 280
  pounds, and they get upto 6 feet long, fully
  grown.

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Habitat

• The harp seal lives in the Arctic, but sometimes
  they swim all the way to Greenland because of the
  short food supply of fish. They have a single
  pup.The babies are born on the ice, but theyspend
  most of their time in the water.

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Diet

• The harp seals diet is fish, crustaceans,
  capelin, krill, cod, and plankton. It doesnt
  chew, but it swallows large chunks. It uses its
  flat back teeth to crush shells.

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Predators

• The harp seal has quite a few predators.
• Its predators are Orcas or Killer whales,
• Polar bears, Sharks, and Humans. We
• humans are the biggest problem, because
• we have killed most of the pups for their
• fur.

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Natural History

• The harp seal will keep a range of its prey and
  predators. It depends by age, of howmuch the
  harp seal will eat.

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Threats to the Species

• The harp seal has many threats to it, like over
  fishing and theyre also culled. They are
  hunted annually, and people use their fur for
  coats, and other things.

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Interesting Facts

• There are a few interesting facts about the harp
  seal. First, if a baby harp seal eats, its teeth
  grow and if doesnt eat its teeth dont grow.
  Second, the baby is born with a yellow coat, and
  thats why its called a yellow coat. Third, the
  harp seal gets its name from the shape on its
  back, that looks like a harp from above.

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http//www.enchanted learning.com subject
  /mammals/ pinniped / Harp seal
• Harp seal marine mammal fact sheet seriesHarp
  seal 1999 by Imma inc. 1474 Gordon ST. Guelph, on
  CANADA N1L 1C8
• Undersea University (book)pg. 42
• Harp Seal. online Natural History Notebook
  Canadian Museum of nature, last updated 2009,
  1-29(web site consulted 1970-2-05).
  http//nature.CA/notebooks/english/harp seal.htm
  
• 5) harp seal mcmycvlll international
  masters publisher AB.Wildlife Explorer IMP
  AB,produced under license by IMP INC.
• 6) http//www.asij.ac.jp/elemenary/projects
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