I Want My Mommy

by Kym Backland

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I Want My Mommy

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Kym Backland

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This baby seal was left by his Mother for the day, while she went out fishing. The baby seal was totally camoflaged by the wood pile he was next to. I thought it was a wood log, until the little feller looked up and gave me that look! The look was " Where is my Mommy?"
Some people had thrown some bread down there on the lower dock once they realized that it was NOT a piece of wood, but a little baby Harbor Seal! Of course the people on the pier wanted to go down and touch it! I gave them the "Do not touch" baby seals! You can tell they are babies, when they don't have any ears yet..
Harbor Seal Facts


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ĦPacific harbor seals are the most common marine mammal in Puget Sound, and their populations are healthy.
ĦSeals share a common ancestor with dogs and bears and have upper and lower arms and legs concealed within their skin. Only their hands and feet extend outside the body envelope.
ĦSeals have large eyes to see in dark, deep water. They have long necks, which they can shoot out quickly to catch fish while swimming.
ĦSeals can live in fresh or saltwater; they usually spend their entire lives in an area of about five miles.
ĦBaby seals are born weighing about 25 pounds. They double their weight in the first month; their mother's milk is 40 percent fat. A mother leaves its pup after the first month to finish growing and fend for itself. Mothers do not teach pups to hunt; they learn on their own.
ĦSeals dive for three minutes at a time typically, but they can stay under water as long as 30 minutes and dive as deep as 600 feet.
ĦUnlike humans, harbor seals breathe out before diving. They use oxygen already in their blood and muscles while under water, and their heartbeat slows from about 100 beats per minute to 10.
ĦIn one breath a seal can exchange 90% of the air in its lungs. Humans can only change 20% of our air per breath.
ĦA seal's whiskers help it hunt and navigate by sensing pressure waves from fish and underwater objects.
ĦSeal-tissue tests reveal elevated levels of PCBs in animals tested in southern Puget Sound. In the north, seal blubber is contaminated with dioxins and furans from paper mills in the Straits of Georgia.
I hope these facts and descriptions were helpful to you!

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July 12th, 2012

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