Ross Seal Facts: the SINGING SEAL 🎶 Animal Fact Files

The Ross seal is one of the least known seals alive today. They're also known as the singing seal, but they don't often make a lot of noise. Learn Ross seal facts on this Animal Fact Files episode!
Scientific Name: Ommatophoca rossi
Range: Antarctica
Habitat: sea ice and open ocean
Size: 6.5 feet (2 m) long and 385 pounds (175 kg) in weight
Diet: squid, fish, krill
Threats: leopard seals, killer whales, environmental changes
Lifespan: 20+ years
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Ross Seal RARE SEALS 0:00
Ross Seal DIET and THREATS 0:53
Ross Seal LIFE CYCLE 2:04
Ross Seal SINGING SEAL 3:00
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[@erstwhilegrubstake]

Yes, I really can picture one of these seals singing "Largo al Factotum". :)

[@indyreno2933]

Scientific names of all thirty-five extant pinniped species:
1) Halichoerus grypus - Grey Seal
2) Phoca vitulina - Harbor Seal
3) Phoca largha - Spotted Seal
4) Pusa hispida - Ringed Seal
5) Pusa caspica - Caspian Seal
6) Pusa sibirica - Baikal Seal
7) Pagophilus groenlandicus - Harp Seal
8) Histriophoca fasciata - Ribbon Seal
9) Erignathus barbatus - Bearded Seal
10) Monachus monachus - Mediterranean Monk Seal
11) Paramonachus schauinslandi - Hawaiian Monk Seal
12) Leptonychotes weddellii - Weddell Seal
13) Ommatophoca rossii - Ross Seal
14) Hydrurga leptonyx - Leopard Seal
15) Lobodon carcinophagus - Crabeater Seal
16) Cystophora cristata - Hooded Seal
17) Mirounga angustirostris - Northern Elephant Seal
18) Mirounga leonina - Southern Elephant Seal
19) Callorhinus ursinus - Northern Fur Seal
20) Arctophoca townsendi - Guadalupe Fur Seal
21) Arctophoca galapagoensis - Galapagos Fur Seal
22) Arctophoca philippii - Juan Fernandez Fur Seal
23) Arctophoca australis - South American Fur Seal
24) Arctocephalus pusillus - Cape Fur Seal
25) Arctocephalus tropicalis - Subantarctic Fur Seal
26) Arctocephalus gazella - Antarctic Fur Seal
27) Cynophoca dorifera - Australian Fur Seal
28) Cynophoca forsteri - New Zealand Fur Seal
29) Eumetopias jubatus - Steller's Sea Lion
30) Zalophus californianus - California Sea Lion
31) Zalophus wollebaeki - Galapagos Sea Lion
32) Otaria flavescens - South American Sea Lion
33) Neophoca cinerea - Australian Sea Lion
34) Phocarctos hookeri - New Zealand Sea Lion
35) Odobenus rosmarus - Walrus

[@chisaquaticvibe6524]

Please do cape fur seals. Seal you later!😁

[@SamTahbou]

1:50 did you mean to say infrequently?