It is said that a particularly rare animal has recently appeared on the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington State: the ring seal! Rarity comparable to SSR!
Ring seal, ring seal (Latin name: Phoca fasciata),
Also known as the striped seal, it is a member of the seal family, a suborder Pinnipeda, which is found in the Arctic.
This seal is arguably one of the most sensual and most individual animals on Blue Star, and of course, it is one of the most rare, because the last time I saw it was 4 years ago in 2012...
However, the ring seal is not only cool and crazy on the outside, its growth process is also unique.
Adult ring seals have black skin with four white markings: one white stripe around the neck and one around the tail, with a white stripe on each side of its body, starting from the front fin and making a large circle around the sides of the body.
In fact, at birth, the color of these seals is pure white, but at about 5 weeks of age, the color of the body begins to slowly change, their backs turn blue-gray, and their abdomen has a silver luster; in time, the black ones are darker, the white ones are whiter, and those white markings will only begin to appear after the age of four, and at this time, they can be ready to mate.
In fact, some researchers say that these patterns can help them find it easier to find a mating object, and in fact, the patterns on the male are more obvious and better than the females~ At the same time, the ring seal has a large air bag, which is connected to the trachea, and the male's air sac is also larger than the female, and the study believes that their air sacs are used to make sounds on the seabed, and may also be used to attract the opposite sex to mate.
Seals are gentle in nature, and no predator in nature hunts them, so they often enjoy their leisure time so relaxed. Of course, it's all in the case that humans aren't bothered ...
Generally ring seals mainly haunt the Pacific part of the Arctic, and usually do not come ashore, so this time it appears more than 2,000 miles away from its hometown and allows us to see the two-legged beast, it is really quite magical, it seems that there may be more stories behind oh...
Forward this ring seal that is rarer than SSR, Ibaraki has Ibaraki, tengu has tengu...
Of course, don't beat me up...
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