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The bearded seal, aka square flipper seal, gets its name from 2 Greek words (eri & gnathos) that refer to its heavy jaw. These seals are widely distributed throughout the northern hemisphere in the Arctic Ocean. They can be found off the coasts of Alaska, Canada, Greenland, Iceland, northern Europe, […]

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The long-finned pilot whale, aka pothead whale, is actually a large species of dolphin so named for their unusually long pectoral fins. They are found in the North Atlantic as well as the Southern Hemisphere. These dolphins face the threats of overfishing and over harvesting for food and other products; […]

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The ringed seal is a small earless seal species found throughout the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions on every continent in the northern hemisphere. In fact, they are the most abundantly found seal in the northern hemisphere. Due to their large population of an estimated 1,500,000 individuals, these seals face many […]

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The porbeagle shark is a species of mackerel shark (in the same family as great whites and others) that can be found in the frigid and temperate ocean waters of the North Atlantic and in the Southern Hemisphere. With facing the threat of overfishing and with an ever-decreasing population, these […]

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