There are 34 living seal species worldwide. The harbor seal and the gray seal are particularly widespread in the North Sea. The seal's physique is very well adapted to life in the water. The moving spine and the rear caudal fins enable the animals to move as fast as an arrow in the water. Thick fatty tissue protects the seals from hypothermia during their forays into the North Sea.

Harbor seal or gray seal?
Seals and gray seals can be distinguished by the size and shape of the head: gray seals have a pointed head and their bodies are larger and more massive than those of the seals, whose head is more rounded. The gray seal is the largest wild predator in Germany and is up to 2.3 meters long. Seals are significantly smaller with a length of up to 1.80 meters.

Source: die-nordsee.de/seehunde

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September 28, 2024

Grey seals and harbor seals are a great place to watch.
Be careful to keep your distance as you can get very close to them!

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