Sentences with phrase «harbor seals seemed»

A handful of curious harbor seals seemed puzzled by the whole idea, as did at least one in our party of eleven.

They «speak» dialects — in both cases a high - pitched screech — that are so distinct from each other that even harbor seals seem to know the difference.

Not exact matches

But clawed paws in these northern «true seals,» which include harbor and harp seals, seem to be more than just a holdover from ancient times, says David Hocking, a marine zoologist at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

The harbor seals in Hood Canal, a 60 - mile - long fjord to the west of Puget Sound, seemed anxious.

While kayaking, we noticed that the harbor seals and northern sea lions seemed to be spending just a bit more time in the water and less on the rocks where exposure to wind chill has been extreme.