Can I buy an elephant seal?
$100 Elephant Seal Adoption Kit With this gift you will receive: Soft plush version of your adopted animal (for age 3 and up), packaged in a WWF gift box. 5″ x 7″ formal adoption certificate. 5″ x 7″ full-color photo of your species.
Do elephant seals stink?
During the molting season they are kind of smelly, with all that dead skin falling off in pieces onto the beach, but because they don’t eat they don’t defecate. When people complain about the smell, we remind them of what it would smell like if they did eat.
Is a elephant seal real?
Elephant seals are marine mammals classified under the order Pinnipedia, which, in Latin, means feather- or fin-footed. Elephant seals are considered true seals, and fall under the family Phocidae.
What are elephant seal noses for?
Elephant seals aren’t named for their size. Rather, the males develop noses that kind of look like elephants’ trunks. They inflate their noses in order to scare other males away — to mate, they have to fight for dominance.
Is it legal to own a seal as a pet?
California. The California Natural Resources Agency has banned most wild animals, including seals, bighorn sheep, and falcons, from being as kept as pets in California. You are also prohibited from keeping all non-domestic canines and felines, elephants, crocodiles, and more.
How many elephant seals exist?
There are two species of elephant seals, the northern and southern.
Are elephant seal in danger of becoming extinct?
Least Concern (Population increasing)
Northern elephant seal/Conservation status
Do seals like being touched?
Like the Assateague ponies, one can’t help but want to get closer and even touch or feed them. But such human contact does more harm than good. Like our cherished Assateague ponies, seals are large wild animals and can be extremely dangerous. Increased contact with people eventually leads seals to habituate to humans.
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