#harbour seal

[robot-pup]

3 seal species I see commonly mistaken for each other, and how to tell them apart!

starting off with

Harbour seals/common seals

Harbour seals have a wide variety in coat colours, some having a more sandy coat whereas others have more spotty or dark coats. I find the easiest way to tell them apart is in their face shape!

Pups are spotty with short baby fur, they tend not to be too fat as compared to species that live in colder climates.

Spotted seals

Spotted seals are well... spotted! they have a light underbelly and a darker grey top side, their whole bodies are covered in spots.

Spotted seal pups are fluffy and fat, they have a white coat. Not to be mistaken for harp seal pups as they lack the darker snout that harp seals have.

Ringed seals

Ringed seals are smaller than harbour and spotted seals, they have ring like markings along their backs and have shorter snouts. They live in cold climates so are very blubbery and round. Male ringed seals get dark wrinkly faces as they reach maturity.

Ringed seal pups are very small and white, with short snouts and little eyebrow dots.

hope this helps!

#seals #harbour seal #spotted seal #ringed seal #pinnipeds #animals #harbor seals #marine animals

[cadere-art]

Harbour seal for @banjoodle. Love how this little guy came out!

#harbour seal #harbor seal #seal #pinniped #tritone #commissions #banjoodle

[claypigeonpottery]

selkie amidst seals!! it was very close to winning the poll

and here it is rotating

#reserved #pottery #ceramics #ceramic #sgraffito #ceramic art #underglaze painting #carving #video #selkie #selkies #nude art #artistic nude #seals #seal #aquatic life #folklore #harbour seal

[namu-the-orca]

Those other marine mammals

For the UK bycatch project, I also had to illustrate some other species than the cetaceans I am so familiar with. Animals with legs and fur and nails... foreign concepts for sure. Jokes aside, it's always a challenge to illustrate a species you don't really know. I always wonder whether a seal or otter scientist would also approve of these, or if mistakes would immediately jump out to them (like they do for me with cetacean illustrations).

I don't really like how the harbour seal turned out, it looks too much like a stuffed animal to me. And the grey seal was a challenge because frankly, those males in real life look like weird muppets. So when drawing you're constantly torn between "does it look weird because I'm messing up or because I'm doing well?" haha. In the end I'm happy with it though! And the otter I'm very fond of. Such keen eyed creatures, I hope to see one in the wild some day.

#illustrations #scientific illustration #Eurasian otter #European otter #common otter #otter #Lutra lutra #Grey seal #Gray seal #seal #Halichoerus gryphus #Harbour seal #Harbor seal #Phoca vitulina #digital art

[northernpintail]

Seals sunning themselves on the old barge, they’re all stained orange from the rust

#they are so cute to me #seals #harbour seal #nature #vancouver island #nature photography #pnw #ocean #wildlife #ocean puppy #original photography #original photography on tumblr

[scandalousadventures]

YOINK

#my art #my dolls #needle felting #textile art #soft sculpture #fiber art #seals #harbour seal #🚨 NEW HOBBY ACQUIRED 🚨 WEE WOO WEE WOO 🚨 #WOW just what I needed another freakem HOBBY #needle felting is so fun how did it take this long for me to try it #WILL be incorporating this into my art dolls I can assure you

[telekitnetic-art]

Harbor Seal (Formline) 🦭🌟

(Sticker/magnet available)

Another sticker/magnet design! I’m especially proud of this one; I got to see a ton of seals on a short family trip I had just before university started, and they are just such creatures. They are elegant and silly at the same time, it’s lovely <3

This design will also hopefully be available soon; I’ll update the description with a link when it is.

#telekitnetic art #formline art #native art #Indigenous art #seal #harbor seal #harbour seal #gotta include the two name variations #telekitnetic queue #this is my first time making a queued post #sorry if it doesn't work

[funsizeart]

Playful seal

#painting #art #illustration #cute #digital art #digital painting #procreate #animals #artists on tumblr #seal art #sea life #harbour seal #harbor seal #marine life

[sleepiestmanonearth99]

the devious sniler

#norpy #harbour seal #seal #sealposting #the sniler

[kt--extinction]

He is waiting for fish and chips.

I am too poor to share my fish with him :(

and I won't feed him fries because I think it would be bad for him

#harbour seal #seals #seal saturday

[jojo-oliver]

Harbour seal, Vancouver island, BC, Canada

#jojoliverphotography #wildlife photography #wildlife #animals #photography #photographers on tumblr #nature #wilderness #nature photography #canada #british columbia #ocean #seal #harbour seal #pacific north west #west coast

[fluffywolfboyy]

He came with me to a Marine Biology open day :3

#plushies #plushblr #therian #wolf therian #wolfkin #canine therian #wolf kin #caninekin #therian wolf #canine kin #therianthropy #seal theriotype #seal therian #harbour seal #thom

[sephiramy]

I went to the aquarium for my birthday today, here are some photos so you can also enjoy and vibe~

bonus: this guy popping up unexpectedly and yelling "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" (pretty sure that's what he said)

#aquarium #marine life #jellyfish #kelp forest #harbour seal #tide pool #sealion

[you-love-me-again]

Harbor seal flippers.

#harbour seal #harbor seal #seal #mine #angel

[bug-buddiest]

Terrible pictures because the camera didn't want to focus but I saw a whole group of steller's sea lions, and a harbour seal today!

#seal #sea lion #harbour seal #animals #wildlife photography #wildlife #ocean life

[northernpintail]

Big yawn

#harbour seal #original photography #nature #marine mammal #seals #vancouver island #nature photography #pnw #original photography on tumblr