and the South American fur seal. Fur seals have sharp eyesight and keen hearing. They have small ears, unlike the earless or hair seals. Although they breathe air, seals are most at home in the ...

Monachinae (Southern Seals): Weddell seal, leopard seal ... Now you know why we refer to them as earless seals. Sea lions: Steller sea lions are the largest (up to 2,500 lbs.) ...

sea lions and fur seals), and Phocidae (the earless, or true seals). Seals range in size from the 1 m (3 ft 3 in) and 45 kg (99 lb) Baikal seal to the 5 m (16 ft) and 3,200 kg (7,100 lb ...

TASS/. Later this month, a group of Russian scientists will embark upon an expedition to study Baikal seals, or nerpas - a species of freshwater earless seal endemic to Siberia’s Lake Baikal ...