{"id":75425,"date":"2025-11-28T11:56:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T06:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=75425"},"modified":"2025-11-28T12:00:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T06:30:28","slug":"grey-seal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/grey-seal\/","title":{"rendered":"Grey Seal"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Grey Seal Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, researchers found that seal milk comprises 332 different kinds of oligosaccharides<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Grey Seal<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a large seal of the <\/span><b>family Phocidae.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also known <\/span><b>as the Atlantic seal and the horsehead seal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is found on <\/span><b>both shores of the North Atlantic Ocean.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Distribution:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They are found across the <\/span><b>North Atlantic Ocean<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in coastal areas from mid-Atlantic to the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/baltic-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">Baltic Sea<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> These seals spend the majority of their <\/span><b>lives in coastal waters; <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when on land, they occur on <\/span><b>rocky coasts, islands, and sandbars,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as on ice shelves and icebergs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conservation Status: IUCN:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Least Concern<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Characteristics of Grey Seals<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Appearance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Males can reach 10 feet long <\/span><b>and females are smaller in size<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Its pups have white fur <\/span><b>known as lanugo.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This white fur helps <\/span><b>absorb sunlight<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and trap heat to keep the pups warm.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gray seals are <\/span><b>diurnal animals<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, being active during the day and sleeping at night.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It shows a <\/span><b>\u2018bottling\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> behavior i.e when the seal is in a vertical position in the water with only its head up above the surface.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Diet:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Gray seals are <strong>carnivores<\/strong> (piscivores). They feed on a wide variety of fish, mostly benthic or demersal species.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Life Span:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Their lifespan ranges from <\/span><b>25 to 35 years.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-sci-tech\/grey-seal-milk-10387884\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grey Seal is found on both shores of the North Atlantic Ocean. 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