Crabeater+Seal

Animal: Animal Group: Description of animal group || crabeater seal mammal warm blooded vertibrates with mammary glands used to suckle the young with milk and hair || Observation Describe your animal (Colour, size, body parts) || In a crabeater seals entire live they they live in the pack ice around Antarctica. They rest, breed and moult.
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Crabeater seals mostly are dark grey and can weigh up to 500 pounds and are usally 9 to 10 ft long || Describe how your animal behaves (moves, flies, runs) || In winter, some crabeater seals arefond on the shores of New Zeland, Australia! South America, and some other islands around Antarctica. || Where it lives || Crabeater seals mostly live in the pack ice around and ocasionally go for a swim to find some food. Most crabeater seals live in Antarctica and in spring they move southwards and in autumn they move northwards. || What it eats How it eats || Even though they are called Crabeater seals they mostly eat krill which is a shrimp-like crustacean. They also eat fish and squid. Crabeater seals use rows of interlocking upper teeth to form a sieve- like palate which strains krill. || How does it have babies? How does it care for its babies? How long do they live? || They breed and rest on the pack ice surrounding Antarctica.In the Spring is when the baby crabeater seals are mostly born.
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The pup will stay with its parents until it has been weaned, estimated to be 14-21 days after it was born.

They can live up to forty years old but the average lifespan is 20 years. || What does it do during the day and night? || Sometimes crabeater seals go for a swim to catch some food wich is: krill, fish or squid. Crabeater seals swim more in the day than night.The male seals keep a lookout on their territory of rock platforms and their rockpools incase another animal comes into their territory. || How has it changed over time in Antarctica? || The crabeater seals popultation has risen dramatically over the past 50 years most likley because of declining whale populations. ||
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 * **Threats:** || Some Crabeater seals bear scares mostly from lepord seals or even killer whale attacks (most likley when swimming). The crabeaters who bear scares would have probally got them when they were youg due to usucsesfull attacks on lepord seals. ||
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