Monterey Bay Aquarium natural history series. This book, part of a series of books by the Monterey Bay Aquarium, discusses the varieties, behavior, and problems concerning seals, seal lions, and walruses. The different varieties of pinnipeds are looked at as well as their evolutionary history and classification. Their social nature including language, rookeries, and development are explored. Their habitat at sea and along the shore as well as their predators, the polar bear and orca are described.
Pinnipeds have many adaptations such as flipper feet, thick fat layers and conical teeth.
These as well as all aspects of the book are illustrated with color photographs including those of baby seals, mating, and basking. The interaction with people and the resulting problems associated with that such as competition with commercial fishing, net kills, and their use by indigenous people are explored. At the end of the book is a classification tree for pinnipeds. ENC does NOT distribute this resource.