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Pacific Harbor Seals - Specially Adapted Body Attributes
Pacific harbor seals display attributes well-adapted for living in their underwater habitats from which their food supply resides. They possess a spotted and speckled fur pattern in wide variations of colors ranging from black to silvery gray to almost pure white. The head of the harbor seal is rounded in shape in addition to having a blunt stout and no external ear flaps. The Pacific harbor seal has a set of whiskers utilized underwater for locating its prey and sensing other unusual shapes, especially useful when diving in poor lighting conditions. The eye sight of harbor seals is geared towards seeing underwater, even in dark and murky water conditions plus having a keen sense of hearing when underwater. Pacific harbor seals have front teeth, sharp and pointed used for tearing apart their food plus their back teeth are utilized for crushing shells and crustaceans. While Pacific harbor seals keep to a safe distance from humans, there are a few places where they can be observed closer revealing their specially adapted body features for living on the coast.


Photo of a Pacific harbor seal popping its head above the waterline taking a look around, also displaying a set of whiskers used for sensing unfamiliar shapes in the water or locating its prey, a very useful trait to have when sometimes swimming in dark and murky water conditions.
Photo of a Pacific harbor seal floating in the water displaying its torpedo-like body shape useful in foraging in the ocean waters below for its food supply coupled with its distinctive fur pattern speckled and spotted, with wide color variations ranging from black to silvery gray to almost pure white.
Photo of a Pacific harbor seal swimming in the water, a body design well adapted to its undersea environment including an ability to automatically slow it heart rate and blood circulation levels down allowing it to take extended dives lasting up to 25 minutes in duration and reaching water depths up to 300 feet.
Photo of a Pacific harbor seal featuring various attributes well-adapted for its aquatic life including a rounded head with a blunt stout, no external ear flaps, pointed and sharp front teeth used for grasping its food along with its back teeth utilized for crushing crustaceans, eyes adapted for sight in low water visibility levels plus a keen sense of hearing underwater, and an acute sense of smell allowing mothers to identify their pups on land.


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