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Australian and New Zealand Fur Seal - Coggle Diagram
Australian and New Zealand Fur Seal
Seals swim smoothly in the water
Seal's fur changes colour depending on whether it is wet or dry. It ranges from browns, grey and black.
The seal has flippers - they were used for swimming and moving on land.
The seal is semiaquatic meaning it lives on the land half the time and in the ocean the other half
Seals can sunbake on the rocks near the ocean
The fur seal has a long nose / face with whiskers and teeth
Fur Seals can dive deep into the ocean, up to 150m
The Seal uses their whiskers to detect prey
Baby seals are called pups
The fur seals can live in a noisy group called a colony
The fur seals are mammals, are warm blooded and give birth to live young, they also drink milk from their mothers when they are young.
The fur seal can hold their breath for up to five minutes before needing to come up for air.
Seals are carnivores which means they eat meat. The seals can eat, krill, squid, octopuses, seabirds and even other seals.
Seal predators are killer whales and large sharks including the great white shark.
The Seal is a special kind of mammal called a pinniped which is a fin or flipper footed mammal that has front and rear flippers
Seals have layers of fat and thick fur to keep them warm in the cool waters where they swim
The seals have a wooly under fur with long corse outer hairs that help trap air and help it glide easily through the water
Seals can sound like dogs barking or cows mooing
There are 33 species of Seals, the Australian and New Zealand Fur Seal is one of them