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	Earless seal - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The true seals or earless seals are one of the three main groups of mammals within the seal suborder, Pinnipedia.
		It should be noted that the common seal (harbor seal in the U.S.), Phoca vitulina, does not separate foraging and maternal investment; instead, it displays a reproductive strategy similar to those of otariids, in which the mother makes short foraging trips between nursing bouts.
		This allows the mother seal to maximize the efficiency of her energy transfer to the pup and then quickly return to sea to replenish her reserves.
	en.wikipedia.g-webs.com /wiki/True_seal (1040 words)

	earless seal - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Seal (art), in art, a carved die or stamp made of metal, stone, or a gem, used to mark documents and objects with a sign of official origin or...
		- seal without external ears: a seal that does not have conspicuous external ears and has short front and hind flippers that are adapted for swimming rather than moving on land.
		- seal's pelt: the pelt or fur of a seal
	ca.encarta.msn.com /earless_seal.html (241 words)

	Television Point \| Dictionary \| Meaning of seal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Seals are much hunted for their skins and fur, and also for their oil, which in some species is very abundant.
		To set or affix a seal to; hence, to authenticate; to confirm; to ratify; to establish; as, to seal a deed.
		To close by means of a seal; as, to seal a drainpipe with water.
	www.televisionpoint.com /dictionary/?define=seal (1074 words)

	Earless seal
		The earless seals are one of the two distinct groups of mammals called "seals".
		They are also called true seals, or crawling seals, to disambiguate them from the fur seals of family Otariidae.
		However, because they cannot turn their hind flippers downward, they are clumsy on land because they have to wriggle with their front flippers and abdominal muscles; this method of locomotion is called gallumphing[?].
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ph/Phocidae.html (112 words)

	Harp Seal: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A decade later, however, concerns over the seals' affect on the cod fisheries led to increased quotas and the return of large commercial operations to the annual hunt.
		Newfoundlanders...example of this is the seal harvest and the trapping...landsman") hunt for harp seals continues, the killing of young harp and hood seals stopped...environmental movement.
		The Greenland seal, or harp seal, is found in the arctic Atlantic; the ribbon seal in the...
	www.questia.com /library/encyclopedia/harp_seal.jsp (1638 words)

	AllRefer.com - harp seal (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
		In the spring, harp seals migrate southward to assemble in large groups to breed near the Newfoundland and Norwegian coasts.
		The clubbing to death of baby seals aroused much protest in the 1970s, and trade in their white furs has declined since Europe banned imports in the mid-1980s.
		Harp seals, sometimes seen as far S as Maine, are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/harpseal.html (269 words)

	Puget Sound Shorelines: Species - Harbor Seal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Seals like to "haul out" on protected beaches, spits, bars, rocks and log rafts to bask in the sun and sleep.
		The highest mortality rate for harbor seals occurs during the first few months of life; pups may be stillborn, premature, or they may starve.
		Pinnipeds (seals, seal lions, and walruses) spend part of their lives in the water but depend on land to give birth and raise young.
	www.ecy.wa.gov /programs/sea/pugetsound/species/seal.html (761 words)

	Seals & Whales (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Seal pups should be left where they are for at least 48 hours before contacting Fisheries and Oceans or the Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
		The grey seal population in the Bay of Fundy appears to be on the increase.
		Because of the rarity of this seal in the Bay of Fundy it is not considered a pest to fisheries or aquaculture, nor is it hunted, but would be treated in the same manner as harbour and grey seals when it occurs.
	www.grandmanannb.com.cob-web.org:8888 /seals.htm (2854 words)

	endangered animals - reports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		There is the sea lion, eared seal, earless and the elephant seal.
		Seals are gray, have a smooth body and are sleek.
		Seals are also endangered by pollution in lakes and seas.
	www.tenan.vuurwerk.nl /reports/dwight/sealsmeredith.htm (211 words)

	WWF - Seals (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Seals are so well adapted for diving that when they plunge, the heart rate drops from 50-100 beats per minute to 10 or less.
		Seals are found along most coasts and cold waters but their biggest numbers are in the Arctic and Antarctic waters.
		Monk seals are endangered species of earless seals which live in tropical and sub-tropical coastal waters.
	www.panda.org.cob-web.org:8888 /news_facts/education/middle_school/species/species_carnivores/seals/index.cfm (890 words)

	The Harp Seal
		The seal that breeds on the ice in the Arctic and northern parts of the Atlantic Ocean is the Harp Seal.
		The seal's head is dark brown or fl and the design on the female may be not as clear as that on the male seal.
		Wooing of the female seals by the males is complicated.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/arctic_wildlife/108378 (416 words)

	harp seal definition - Dictionaries - ninemsn Encarta
		harp seal (plural harp seals or harp seal)
		seal formerly hunted for fur: a brownish-grey earless seal that is whitish when very young, formerly hunted for its fur.
		Native to: coastal regions and ice floes of the North Atlantic Ocean.
	au.encarta.msn.com /dictionary_1861708208/harp_seal.html (88 words)

	Harp Seal - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Harp Seal, gregarious, migratory marine mammal whose white-coated pups are extensively harvested by hunters.
		Among them is the harbour seal, which lives in northern oceans, is yellowish-white with brown markings,...
		- seal formerly hunted for fur: a brownish-grey earless seal that is whitish when very young, formerly hunted for its fur.
	au.encarta.msn.com /Harp_Seal.html (123 words)

	Now what should we do? - saving the rapidly vanishing number of the Mediterranean monk seal International Wildlife - ...
		The population of the Mediterranean monk seal, as this elusive mammal is called, is down to a total of 300 to 500 animals.
		The Mediterranean monk seal is one of three closely related species, all doomed to collide with humans.
		Concern over the seal decline in the mid- 1980s prompted monk seal scientist Didier Marchessaux of the University of Marseille to propose catching animals for breeding.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1170/is_n5_v24/ai_15714765 (851 words)

	harp seal — FactMonster.com
		A decade later, however, concerns over the seals' affect on the cod fisheries led to increased quotas and the return of large commercial operations to the annual hunt, but killing of white-coated baby seals is banned.
		seal, in zoology: Sealing - Sealing Seals have been used by the Eskimo and other northern hunting peoples for food, oil, and...
		seal, in zoology: True Seals - True Seals True seals are called earless seals because they lack external ear projections; they...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/sci/A0822796.html (237 words)

	seal - definition, thesaurus and related words from WordNet-Online
		sealing wax, seal - fastener consisting of a resinous composition that is plastic when warm; used for sealing documents and parcels and letters
		seal, sealskin - the pelt or fur (especially the underfur) of a seal; "a coat of seal"
		seal - a stamp affixed to a document (as to attest to its authenticity or to seal it); "the warrant bore the sheriff's seal"
	www.wordnet-online.com /seal.shtml (338 words)

	Elephant seal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Elephant seals are large, oceangoing mammals in the genus Mirounga, in the earless seal family (Phocidae).
		The Southern Elephant Seal is found in the southern hemisphere on islands such as South Georgia, Macquarie Island, and on the coasts of New Zealand, South Africa, and Argentina in the Peninsula Valdés, which is the fourth largest elephant seal colony in the world and the only growing population.
		When molting occurrs, the seal is susceptible to the cold, and must rest on land, in a safe place called a "haul-out." The type of molt which an elephant seal undergoes is a catastrophic molt.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Elephant_Seal (510 words)

	Wikinfo \| Earless seal
		The true seals or earless seals are one of the two main groups of mammals within the seal suborder, Pinnipedia.
		(It should be noted that the Common Seal, Phoca vitulina, does not separate foraging and maternal investment; instead, it displays a reproductive strategy similar to those of otariids, in which the mother makes short foraging trips between nursing bouts.)
		Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Earless_seal (776 words)

	Earless seal - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
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		However, because they cannot turn their hind flippers downward, they are very clumsy on land, having to wriggle with their front flippers and abdominal muscles; this method of locomotion is called galumphing (see Jabberwocky for the origin of that word).
		Hawaiian Monk Seal, Monachus schauinslandi (U.S. endangered species)
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Phocidae (832 words)

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