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seal pup skull

Description:

The remains of this young seal had been bleaching out above the high tide mark for some time on a remote island beach.

Habitat:

small islands off the coast of Maine

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3 Comments

EmilyMarino
EmilyMarino 11 years ago

Hi David! Great find! Please consider adding this spotting to the Identifying Animals Through Osteology Mission: http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8475...

David
David 13 years ago

Wow - that was a great series - and great narration, Thanks!

galewhale..Gale
galewhale..Gale 13 years ago

poor pup. apparently only 30% survival rate for pups.

You might like my series of a pup birth:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/551...

There is a link to the scroll down story on flickr.

David
Spotted by
David

Maine, USA

Spotted on Jul 27, 2009
Submitted on Apr 27, 2011

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