Latin name:
Phocinae- phocini- halichoerus - H. Grypus
Description:
Grey seals are robust. Males and females have distinctively different physiques. Males are more solid and have a larger, wider head than the females. They reach up to 2 to 2.3 m in length and 105 to 310kg in weight. In comparison to other seals, their snouts are long and wide, with nostrils that run parallel to each other in a distinctive W-shape. Grey seals’ coats are mainly grey. Females have dark markings on their fur. Males tend to be slightly darker grey with light markings.
Pups:
Grey seals live on ragged, pointy rocks. Their pups are born in the autumn and beginning of the winter on the rocks and sandbanks that don’t flood during the high tide. The pups are born with a soft, silky, white fur.
Status:
In recent years, grey seals have been seen along the Dutch coast. We assume they have migrated from the British Isles. The Grey seal is still being hunted in some foreign countries, for commercial and political reasons.
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