[1] Long scars and sets of parallel scars, visible on the otherwise pale and relatively unmarked pelage
of crabeaters, are present on nearly all young seals.
[22] The high predation pressure has clear impacts on the demography and life history
of crabeater seals, and has likely had an important role in shaping social behaviors, including aggregation of subadults.
The Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Seals allows limited hunting
of crabeater seals, leopard seals and Weddell seals.
Not exact matches
Costa's lab has carried out groundbreaking tracking studies
of a wide range
of species around the world, including albatrosses, sooty shearwaters, California sea lions, Galapagos sea lions,
crabeater seals, Weddell seals, and southern elephant seals.
These small crustaceans are important organisms
of the zooplankton, particularly as food for baleen whales, Mantas, whale sharks,
Crabeater seals and other seals, and a few seabird species that feed almost exclusively on them.
Penguins pop in and out
of the water on their way to forage, while
crabeater seals haul out on the ice to rest.