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Tuesday, 28 March 2006 20:48 |
 The seal is very rare around Iceland. The wanderers, which usually travel alone, are mostly young animals. This seal is very calm, which before, made him an excellent prey for seal hunters.
The bearded seal is bigger then the harbour seal, but smaller than a fully grown grey seal. His primary distinctive features are very long whiskers.
The bearded seals main food supply consists of groundlings and invertebrates. Unlike the ringed seal, it does not maintain a breathing hole through the packed ice.
The bearded seal is distributed over all the Arctic, but not on the North pole itself. The bearded seal stock is relativelly big, or around 1 million animals.
Most sightings have been reported north and east of Iceland, but the seal has also been found in rivers Elliðaár in the Reykjavík area.
Drawing: Jón Baldur Hlíðberg
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Last Updated on Friday, 13 June 2008 13:48 |
