#phocini

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Ribbon-seal-male Josh London NOAAedit (16086029928) (cropped)

[animalids]

Pacific harbor seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi)

Photo by Marlin Harms

[dendroica]

A female grey seal (front) and a male grey seal (back) on the beach on the North Sea island of Heligoland, Germany. As the mating season starts after females give birth, males usually compete by shows of strength against other males. Hundreds of grey seals use the island to give birth, usually between the months of November and January

Photograph: John MacDougall/AFP via Getty Images

(via The week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian)

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Pacific common seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi)

Photo by Marlin Harms

[animalids]

Pacific common seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi)

Photo by Marlin Harms

[animalids]

Atlantic grey seal (Halichoerus grypus atlantica)

Photo by Trevor Ridgers

[dendroica]

Harbor Seal (via USFWS - Pacific Region)

Photo credit: Peter Pearsall/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

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A grey seal with a plastic frisbee stuck around its neck among the colony on the beach at Horsey in Norfolk. RSPCA data shows the number of animals affected by plastic litter is at an all-time high, with incidents increasing by 22% in four years

Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA

(via The week in wildlife – in pictures | Environment | The Guardian)