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Grey Seal

Halichoerus grypus

Notes:

Seeing this guy was a nice surprise. He was all alone resting along the Southwestern Nova Scotia in Atlantic Canada, stretching it's body and enjoying the sun despite the cold weather.

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galewhale..Gale
galewhale..Gale 13 years ago

I think this is an immature Harp Seal not a grey seal. What do you think?
http://new.noahs-app.appspot.com/spottin...

Grey seal snouts are longer and their nostrils form a W this is a group on flickr that shows many Gray seal photos:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/greyseal/po...

Edith
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Edith

Argyle Municipal District, Nova Scotia, Canada

Spotted on Mar 31, 2009
Submitted on Feb 14, 2011

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