Download Harbor Seal Background. The most widely distributed species of pinniped (walruses, eared seals, and true seals). Males are slightly larger than females, and seals in alaska and the pacific.
Harbor seals can detect prey using nerves in their whiskers that sense pressure changes in the water.
They exhibit a wide range of color variations, from silver with black spots, to black with gray or white rings, to almost pure white. It is an important habitat for the reproduction and wintering of the gray whale and harbor seal, as well as other marine mammals including the california sea lion, northern elephant seal and blue whale. The harbor seal's sensitive whiskers detect changes in water flow and alert the animal to the presence of prey and predators. Harbor seals have a rounded head with a fairly blunt snout and, like other true seals, lack external ear pinnae.
