How big is the average seal?

Males measure about 20 feet long (6 meters), while females are about half as long. The smallest is the ringed seal, with an average length of 5 feet (1.5 m) and a weight of 110 to 150 lbs. (50 to 70 kg).
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What is average seal size?

The average size of a male gray seal is approximately 7-8 feet in length and between 660-770 pounds in weight. Females will average approximately 6.5 feet and between 330-450 pounds in weight.
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What is the height and size of a seal?

Enlisted SEAL

Height: 5 ft. 10 in.
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How big is a giant seal?

Southern Elephant Seals

Southern elephants are the largest of all seals. Males can be over 20 feet long and weigh up to 8,800 pounds. But these massive pinnipeds aren't called elephant seals because of their size. They take their name from their trunklike inflatable snouts.
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How wide is a seal?

The most basic seal width is 2mm and if you are sealing a general poly bag, the 2mm seal width will do the trick.
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What size are sea lions?

Males tend to be larger, weighing about 600 to 800 pounds (270 - 360 kg), with a length of 6.5 to 8 feet (2 - 2.4 m). There are records of adult male sea lions reaching 1,000 pounds! Their cousin, the walrus, makes California sea lions look small. Walruses may weigh more than 3,500 pounds (1,600 kg).
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What is a small seal called?

SIGNET. a seal (especially one used to mark documents officially)
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Is a seal bigger than a sea lion?

Though their bodies can appear chubby, seals are generally smaller and more aquadynamic than sea lions.
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Can a human outrun an elephant seal?

Elephant seals spend about 20 percent of their lives on land and about 80 percent of their time in the ocean. Although they are aquatic animals, seals on sand can outrun humans. In the sea, they can swim at a speed of 5 to 10 km/hr. Elephant seals dive to great depths.
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What is bigger elephant seal or walrus?

These seals are famous for being big. They are the biggest of pinnipeds – bigger even than walruses – there being a record of a giant male Southern elephant seal that was between 6.5 and 6.8 m long and weighed over 4000 kg (Carwardine 1995).
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Who is the shortest Navy SEAL?

Harry Beal was the first Navy SEAL, thanks to the roster being ordered alphabetically. He also may have been the shortest, but he was capable of doing a one-armed pullup. Photo courtesy of the US Naval Institute. And although he was the first Navy SEAL, he may also have been the shortest, standing only 5 feet tall.
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How tall does a Navy SEAL have to be?

The ideal height requirement for men in the military is between 60-80 inches / 152-203 cm. Anyone above or below this requirement is likely to get rejected. The height limits are standard, and anyone within this height range can get accepted as long as their weight corresponds to the correct weight limit.
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How big is a GREY seal?

Adult female gray seals are about 7.5 feet long and weigh about 550 pounds, while adult males can reach 10 feet long and weigh about 880 pounds. Females have silver-gray or brown fur which may or may not have scattered dark spots, while males have dark gray or brown fur which may or may not have silver-gray spots.
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What happens if you touch a baby seal?

The pups are adorable, are friendly and will approach humans, but touching a baby seal hurts the chances of it reuniting with its mother, Chandler said. He emphasized that people should feel free to take pictures from a distance, but to give the animal space and leave it alone.
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Can a seal crush you?

Elephant seals are fast-moving and unpredictable. Even on land, they are extremely mobile for short distances. Their necks can be extended two or three feet for a quick bite, and their large canine teeth can inflict serious wounds. Two- to three-ton bulls can easily crush a human with their weight.
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Are seals friendly?

Yet, when they feel threatened or provoked, they can bite as an act of self-defense. Seals appear to be appealing and friendly, which they are indeed. Most zoos and marine attractions showcase seals as trainable, intelligent, and friendly to humans.
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Do sharks eat elephant seals?

These immature seals are the preferred prey of the white shark at the Farallon Islands. Observations there indicate that the white sharks eat young elephant seals seven times more frequently than they eat other pinnipeds, such as California sea lions and harbor seals.
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Is a walrus a seal?

Walrus are the largest pinniped. Seals, sea lions, and walruses belong to a group of marine mammals called pinnipeds, referring to their flippered feet. Seals (true seals or earless seals) have no external ear flaps.
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Do seals bark?

Seals do not bark as sea lions do; they instead communicate by grunting and slapping the water with their fins. Being true seals, they lack external ear flaps and can only move on land by flopping along on their bellies, called “galumphing”.
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Can sea lions mate with seals?

Unlike whales, seals and sea lions have not developed the ability to mate and give birth in the sea.
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What is Toxophilite crossword?

Clue: toxophilite. Answer: ARROW. similar Questions. Toxophilite's skill (72.57%)
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What is a coarse file?

A coarse file with sharp, pointed projections. 2. The act of filing with a rasp. 3. A harsh grating sound.
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How big is a elephant seal?

Males reach lengths of nearly 20 feet (6 m) and weights of more than 8000 pounds (3700 kg). Females are much, much smaller, and the males' large size is the result of their territoriality and their habit of developing harems of several females with which they have sole mating rights.
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