If you find anything seal related let me know
by emailing me kat_hogan89@hotmail.com, I'm always interested to see
more seal discoveries!
10/11/13
This days old Pacific Harbour seal pup was rescued after being separated from it's mother by San Diego Sea World's rescue team. The pup is being bottle fed and cared for until the pup is ready to be released back into the wild.
07/11/13
03/11/13
It's been a while since the last seal post but I couldn't resist this new born pup, who is packing on the blubber. Second born pup to Shelby (in the picture) from Long Beach, California aquarium. An adorable pup who likes to float on it's back next to mother.
18/09/2012
10/11/13
This days old Pacific Harbour seal pup was rescued after being separated from it's mother by San Diego Sea World's rescue team. The pup is being bottle fed and cared for until the pup is ready to be released back into the wild.
07/11/13
Adorable injured seal, known as Pup 49 at the rehabilitation centre, Mystic Aquarium's Seal Rescue Centre, this is little seal had it's flipper amputated. After being attacked by an older seal, the pup was rescued where the vet performed surgery to amputate Pup 49's flipper which had become infected. Everything well and the pup is on the mend.
03/11/13
It's been a while since the last seal post but I couldn't resist this new born pup, who is packing on the blubber. Second born pup to Shelby (in the picture) from Long Beach, California aquarium. An adorable pup who likes to float on it's back next to mother.
18/09/2012
Below
is my seal of the day, an earless seal, also known as a 'true seal'. An
'true seal' does not communicate through barking like others but by
slapping the water and grunting.
This may seem a tad strange and silly, but hey, its a seal!
19/09/2012
Today's seal or should I say seals are twin elephant seals!
Elephant seals spend upwards of 80% of their lives in the ocean. They can hold their breath for more than 100 minutes, longer than any other noncetacean (large sea mammal) mammal.
Enjoy the cute picture.
20/09/2012
Something a little different for today. Not exactly a seal of choice but instead a object that is seal themed.
Along
my travels on the internet I found this amazing knitted seal mitten (I
presume they come in pairs) and thought that this deserves a post
mention!
Also in this post, another seal themed gem.
On
the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) site you can adopt/sponsor a range of
endangered animals, with different kits, varying on prices. For a long
time I have wanted to sponsor an animal, but on the UK site there are no
seals. But, on the USA site you can!!
You can sponsor a Harbour seal! Link is under the picture.
The adoption kits are quite pricey for a charity but hopefully one day I can actually fulfill this dream.
21/09/2012
Once more its Seal time, no not Navy SEAL time, sorry those who were hoping it was.
Here is the photo of a seal that I had been searching for ages.
There
are 32 different species of seals and as one website puts it, they are
distributed around the world. They can be found from polar to tropic
waters and can even be observed, from a far, off the Norfolk, UK coast. I
have been in one of those seal boats, they were amazing!
If you're thinking of going on a trip to Norfolk, then you should definitely look at this website below:
Anyone used to watch the British - Swiss children's TV show Pingu?
Well if you did, you'll know exactly who this is!
Its
the seal, and his name is Robby apparently. In German his name means
'seal'. He first appeared in 'Pingu Goes Fishing' and he meets Pingu
after continuously stealing the fish he catches.
Another
animated seal I found in my searches was Kotick, The White Seal. The 24
minute animated film was adapted from Rudyard Kipling's story of the
same name.
Kotick,
is a baby seal born along with thousands of other seals on the beach of
Novastosnah on a distant northern island in the Bering Sea. He is seen
as unusual as he is white, unlike the other seals.
And here is a link to a real news story about a white elephant seal being spotted on a sub-Antarctic beach in 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8059000/8059966.stm
26/09/2012
Seal of the day comes all the way from Alaska Sea Life Centre. Also now that I've seen so many of these seals from Alaska I might just have to plan a trip there one day, and yes, just for the seals.
This is Olympia.
She was an young Harbour Seal who was found stranded. Rescuers picked Olympia up after searching the area for other seals and receiving authorisation from NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and the ASLC (Alaska Sea Life Centre) for the rescue.
Olympia has a white lanugo coat, an indication that she was born prematurely. The ASLC said “It is likely that Olympia was abandoned by her mother, as we commonly find that seals abandon their premature pups.”
But that was back in May, now Olympia is doing fine. She will cared for until she is ready to go back into the wild.
The full article is here to read if you want: http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2012/05/preemie-seal-pup-gets-a-new-lease-on-life.html
A slight change to the usual seal, but I saw this yesterday and fell in love with these two walrus'.
Walrus' are social animals and the staff at the rescue centre gave them the social interaction and care the animals needs.
When they were first rescued both animals were in poor health but they have steadily improved during their rehabilitation period.
Here is a link below to the original post:
http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2012/10/orphaned-walrus-calves-are-home-at-last.html
29/10/2012
I found this on a newspaper webpage from 2009. 5 of 59 baby seals waiting to be fed at a breeding station in Norrdeich, Germany.
The seal sanctuary takes care of around 30 to 80 orphaned seals and grey seals are bred every year.
26/11/2012
Something cheerful this morning that was brought to my attention by my sister.
This awesome design The Seal of Approval and Friends by Gemma Correll that was posted up on Ohh Dear's facebook page.
Here is a link to Gemma's website http://www.gemmacorrell.com/
and to Ohh Dear's facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ilikeohhdeer
When I researched further I found another website where you buy all these marvelous things with this design on it! Including a cushion which I am very tempted by.
09/12/2012
When it gets closer to Christmas I am hoping for more seal realted gems to pop up everywhere, but seeing as its only a little over two weeks til the big Christmassy day, I'm not so sure. I can rely on those awesome people at Ohh Dear to keep me entertained.
Just browsing through their photos of awesome designs (sadly not all seal themed) and other bits and pieces, this is posted up on their facebook wall.
I looked at it for a while wondering if I actually liked it or not. But the more I starred at this poor dog in this hilarious costume, I decided that it was genius. The dog's expression makes the picture.
This cheered me up while I'm trying to revise and get over whatever illness this is. Spent most of yesterday afternoon in bed/sofa feeling rather under the weather. But this has made me feel a tad better and spurred me on my seal quest.
26/09/2012
Seal of the day comes all the way from Alaska Sea Life Centre. Also now that I've seen so many of these seals from Alaska I might just have to plan a trip there one day, and yes, just for the seals.
This is Olympia.
She was an young Harbour Seal who was found stranded. Rescuers picked Olympia up after searching the area for other seals and receiving authorisation from NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and the ASLC (Alaska Sea Life Centre) for the rescue.
Olympia has a white lanugo coat, an indication that she was born prematurely. The ASLC said “It is likely that Olympia was abandoned by her mother, as we commonly find that seals abandon their premature pups.”
But that was back in May, now Olympia is doing fine. She will cared for until she is ready to go back into the wild.
The full article is here to read if you want: http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2012/05/preemie-seal-pup-gets-a-new-lease-on-life.html
15/10/2012
When they were first rescued both animals were in poor health but they have steadily improved during their rehabilitation period.
Here is a link below to the original post:
http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2012/10/orphaned-walrus-calves-are-home-at-last.html
29/10/2012
I found this on a newspaper webpage from 2009. 5 of 59 baby seals waiting to be fed at a breeding station in Norrdeich, Germany.
The seal sanctuary takes care of around 30 to 80 orphaned seals and grey seals are bred every year.
26/11/2012
Something cheerful this morning that was brought to my attention by my sister.
Here is a link to Gemma's website http://www.gemmacorrell.com/
and to Ohh Dear's facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ilikeohhdeer
When I researched further I found another website where you buy all these marvelous things with this design on it! Including a cushion which I am very tempted by.
09/12/2012
When it gets closer to Christmas I am hoping for more seal realted gems to pop up everywhere, but seeing as its only a little over two weeks til the big Christmassy day, I'm not so sure. I can rely on those awesome people at Ohh Dear to keep me entertained.
Just browsing through their photos of awesome designs (sadly not all seal themed) and other bits and pieces, this is posted up on their facebook wall.
I looked at it for a while wondering if I actually liked it or not. But the more I starred at this poor dog in this hilarious costume, I decided that it was genius. The dog's expression makes the picture.
This cheered me up while I'm trying to revise and get over whatever illness this is. Spent most of yesterday afternoon in bed/sofa feeling rather under the weather. But this has made me feel a tad better and spurred me on my seal quest.
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