Pinnipeds thread

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Snarky pinniped

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Cute pinniped

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Jew pinnipeds, prob fighting over a sand dollar

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Hungry pinniped

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Comfy pinniped

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Danger pinniped

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Pinnipeds around the world

>>2401829
>caspian seal
Wow a seal that lives in a lake pretty cool

>>2401885
Same for Baikal Seal. They're only in Lake Baikal in Russia. Pretty sure they're the only freshwater seal.

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>>2401552

Leopard seals are so cool to me. I don't know why. They're like polar bear level cool but somehow even cooler to me. They really do look like a some kind of aquatic big cat, lying around and chilling all day and looking cute or harmless before diving into the water and hunting viciously and effectively. Arctic predators amaze me. Such a harsh and sparse environment.

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Ribbon seals are just gorgeous.

>>2402077
Looks like a fake pokemon.

I've always wanted to see a walrus in real life but none of the zoos I've ever been to had one.

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>>2402075
I agree. I think part of it has to do with the fact that a lot of species of seals seem completely harmless and just generally cute/fuzzy, then you have this beast of the sea which is one of the greatest hunters in the arctic besides whales. Plus they look gorgeous too, and def have that feline aspect to them.
>tldr: Leopard seals are top notch

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>>2401552
Why do we live just to suffer?

>>2402075
>>2402098
I think it helps that they have predator eyes, which are way more expressive. Regular seals tend to be derpy as hell.
>also dat permanent sinister smile

Man, I too love those arctic devils.

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>EAT THE FUCKING PENGUIN!
>WHY WON'T YOU EAT!
>EAT IT!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmVWGvO8Yhk

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>>2402281
>>2402098
Their intelligence is amazing too. Most seals are indeed derps and just kind of stare at people when they encounter them in the wild, or just swim away. There has been one confirmed death of a human by a leopard seal killing them, but more interesting is this case of the diver photographer who was "fed" penguins by a wild leopard seal who seemed to think he needed help hunting. This suggests the leopard seal is not only confident in its ability to secure food for itself in a scare environment but is willing to share it, for whatever reason that may be. The seal surely didn't mistake the diver for another leopard seal.

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>>2402288
>>2402294
Do you think the seal was upset the human didn't want to partake in his cultural cuisine? I feel kind of bad for the pup :(
>people use to club these to death for fun

>>2402277
>>2402288
To a penguin these things are modern day pleisiosaurs

>>2402288
>>2402294
The story behind those photos makes me sad.
>Be world-renowned photographer
>Work for National Geographic
>Get sent to do a story about Antarctica
>Dive beneath the ice for photos every day for a week
>Leopard Seal sneaks up behind you on second day
>Almost panic, but seal is just curious
>Go in next day, seal there again, follows you around
>Seal there every day afterward
>Seal starts bringing you dead penguins and trying to make you eat them
>Plays with one of your cameras by testing it with its mouth
>Another Leopard Seal sneaks up behind you
>Friendo Seal attacks second seal, scares it off, then escorts you back to the surface
>Leave Antarctica, never see friendo seal again

>>2402567
>>Leave Antarctica, never see friendo seal again
Let's be real here. That photographer 100% went back, ate a bunch of dead penguins, and banged the fuck out of that seal.

Itt fat water dogs

>>2402098
That one looks like a digimon

>>2402288
awe how cute i want a leopard seal to have a crush on me and bring me penguins

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Did someone say pinnipeds?

>>2402098
>feline aspect to them
No they don't. They're Caniformia, related to Bears, Raccoons, Mustelids and Dogs. Not fucking cats.

>>2403088
Aspect doesn't mean related you fucktard. Playtypus aren't related to fucking ducks but they still have some duck aspects (I'll spell it out for you since you're obviously dim as fuck, the fucking beak, you loose pile of afterbirth).

>>2403259
Except there is no feline aspect at all because they have no felid characteristics, behaviours, relations or morphology. Dumbass

>>2403376
Not him but being a member of carnivora they do, inded, share a few characters with felids. And while it may be more closely related to the rest of caniformia, it's role in its community is much more akin to that of a solitary large cat.
So kindly shut the fuck up, dweeb.

>>2403376
What he meant is that they act and look similar to cats, even if they're closer related to dogs. Just like my parents' mini schnauzer occasionally acts more like a cat than a dog, heh.

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>>2401529
Godzilla pinniped

>>2403640
overgrown sausage

>>2401552
>>2402075
>>2402098
>>2402288
>>2402294
>I am becoming the next whales

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>>2401529

>>2402288
There should be porn of this story.

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>2009 was so long ago

>>2401529
This thread is making me hangry

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>>2404809
walrus are ultimate meme pinipeds

>>2402098
he's got that gnarly white shit at the corner of his mouth

>>2404820

for a creature that spends so much time in swimming in water it just looks like it would totally suck at it

>>2402067
Baikal ringed seal, Ladoga seal and Saimaa ringed seals are the only freshwater seals on erf

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>>2404853
I agree. It has so much fucking mass and tiny flippers. Then again whales are massive and also have tiny flippers, but they are more aerodynamic and have larger flukes.

>>2402294
Fuck me how big are these things?

>>2405502
~12 feet long usually