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Northern Fur Seal
Callorhinus ursinus
The Northern Fur Seal is a medium-sized pinniped known for its thick, luxurious fur and agile swimming abilities. Males are much larger than females and possess a distinctive mane of coarse guard hairs around their necks. These seals spend most of their lives in the open North P…
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- Male Northern Fur Seals can fast for over two months during the breeding season while aggressively defending their territories.
- Northern Fur Seals have among the densest fur of any animal, with about 350,000 hairs per square inch. They are exceptional divers, often reaching depths of 200 meters in search of prey. Despite being called seals, they are actually 'eared seals,' or otariids, and can walk on all fours using their strong front flippers.
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