Weddell seal (Latin name: Leptonychotes weddellii), also known as Weddell seal, Weddell seal or Weddell seal, is the only species of Weddell seal genus under the seal family, named by a British Antarctic navigator James Weddell.Weddell seals are an extremely ancient creature, so they are called &quo...
Sawtooth seals are called Lobodon carcinophagus in scientific name and Crabeater seal in foreign language. They are the most numerous seals in the world.Sawtooth seals feed on krill. It is an illusion to call them crab-eating seals because there are very few crabs in Antarctica, which are not enough...
Leopard seal (scientific name: Hydrurga leptonyx) is also known as leopard seal in foreign languages. There are no subspecies.Leopard seals are solitary animals that mate and raise their young in groups. Compared with other pinnipeds, they prefer warm-blooded animals. Because it moves slowly on land...
The scientific name of the harbor seal is Phoca vitulina (Linnaeus, 1758), and the foreign name is Common seal. It is a seal distributed in the temperate and polar waters of the Northern Hemisphere.The harbor seal lives in groups, but the number of its groups is not as large as other seals. When not...
The scientific name of the ringed seal is Phoca hispida, and its foreign name is Ringed seal. There are 5 subspecies. It is one of the smallest species in the seal family and the smallest seal in the Arctic.Most seals in the world live in seawater, and the only species that lives entirely in freshwa...
Harp seal (scientific name: Pagophilus groenlandicus) is also known as Harp Seal and Greenland Seal. It has no subspecies.Harp seals can travel 5,000 kilometers a year. Their migration pattern depends on where they breed and shed. They breed in the southernmost part of their distribution area in win...
The big-eyed seal (scientific name: Ommatophoca rossii) is named because of its relatively large eyes (eye diameter up to 7 cm). It is also called Ross's seal and Ross's seal because it was first described by British Antarctic explorer James Clark Ross in 1841.Big-eyed seals feed on cephalop...
The scientific name of narwhal: Monodon monoceros, foreign names Narwhal, Unicorn Whale, no subspecies.As a protected Arctic species, narwhals are social animals that live mainly in the northern end of the Atlantic Ocean and the Arctic Ocean. A small number of narwhals are also found in the Greenlan...
Minke Whale has two subspecies and is a small baleen whale of the genus Mysticetus.Minke Whale has 230 to 273 baleen pieces on each side. According to statistics of 38 individuals, the average is 253 pieces. The length of the entire whisker row is about 60% of the length of the skull. The whisker pl...
Emperor penguins mainly live in the sea. They hunt, swim and play in the water. On the one hand, they exercise their bodies well, and on the other hand, they eat and drink enough to conserve their energy for the arrival of the winter breeding season. In winter, emperor penguins have the opportunity...
The legs of the Adélie penguin are light pink and the soles of the feet are black. Like other penguins, the Adélie penguin is also a good swimmer, and can swim at a speed of up to 15 kilometers per hour. Normally, it swims at a speed of 4-7 kilometers per hour. When the Adélie penguin swims fast,...
Walrus, as the name suggests, is the elephant in the sea. It has a huge body, thick and wrinkled skin, sparse bristles, small eyes, and poor eyesight. It has two long teeth.Walrus is one of the largest representatives of the Arctic fauna. Among pinnipeds, they are second only to elepha...
Sometimes they look out of the water, sometimes they dive for food, and sometimes they go up to the islands and reefs to bask in the sun. They are all naive and cute. Yes, they are the cutest seals in the world - harbor seals.Harbor seals spend most of their lives in the water. Except for the infanc...
Among the animals living in the Arctic, polar bears and Arctic foxes are very famous, but the Arctic wolf is not well-known. It is also called the white wolf, a subspecies of the gray wolf under the genus Canidae, and can only be regarded as a medium-sized wolf among the gray wolf subspecies.The fur...
As the name suggests, it is a white whale. It is called the cutest whale in the world because it looks cute, looks like a dolphin, and is close to humans.Not only is the beluga whale cute, it also has a relatively high IQ, even comparable to a three-year-old child. Therefore, the beluga whale gives...