Talk:Harp seal

message: All of the added information to this article has been good. Maybe add some more pictures, besides that didn't see anything off.--Smalljohan (talk) 22:03, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
thread_title: Peer Review

message: I'm sorry, but I'm not familiar with making changes to this page, so apologies for breaking any rules.  The article has been vandalised in the first paragraph, with the term, "penis pump" inserted where I suspect some other term should be.  I don't know what it should be so I'll leave it to wiser heads than mine to fix it up.  Thanks 121.223.128.109 (talk) 23:05, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow, nice spotted. The vandalism's been there since November 18 2007, and nobody's noticed before you. Good job, 121.223.128.109. (I removed the vandalism, the correct word is "fur".) Bib (talk) 23:26, 10 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Vandalism

message: Whichever side of the controversy you're on, you have to admit it's extreme. The most controversial hunt by far of anything in the world, the closest I can think of is the whale hunt that the Japanese go on.
So saying something about the controversy in the seal hunt section would be a very good idea. Leaving it out is deliberately leaving out a huge thing about the hunt: I live in Canada and every hunting season there is a giant media festival and renewed opposition to the hunt. Basically all Canadians oppose it, but the 7000 hunters obviously don't. Just wish they would stop embarrassing all Canadians internationally.
:There is no seal controversy the vast majority of Canadians, if not the the vast majority of people period, couldn't care less about the seal hunt. That giant media festival only comes up when the hunting season is happening because the people who protest are all about money. And unless you have a source for that "Basically all Canadian oppose it" nonsense I'd say your making it up. TrueMetis (talk) 05:17, 12 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversy 

message: Whomever wrote the previous piece sounds like a 4 year old with a learning disability. 
I was going to revert it but it is so dammed funny. 
Harp seals are ding, lol Dying maybe. 
"I like harp seals they are so cute, cuddly, soft, snow white, and black eyes and the hunters kill them before they can hit them with what ever they have in there hands" 
Yeah, harp seals a) Have hands and b) can throw stuff at people with them. Pfft.
"cry and when the hunters see that they just kill them for nothing" 
I think they are crying because hunters are killing them. I think Harp Seals could care less about why they are being killed.
"They take harp seals furry off" 
Is that like a Chubby? If it is, I feel sorry for the seals.
"harp seals don’t harm no body they keep to they self and it’s not like harp seals go up to them and start biting them they don’t do that to people like us they just play around with their parents and call it a day" 
Call it a day LOL.
"but do you know how many harp seals they have killed for my opinion more then 10 million harps for my opinion" 
I see you are in the habit of using your opinion to calculate the amount of killed seals. In my opinion, grade 5 must have been the best 5 years of your life, for my opinion.
"but they killed a lot of harp If you just watch the video tape you will see how it fills to see that it makes me sad to see that harp seal die they just leave them for dead"
A) Use periods and or semi-colons, you make no sense.
Anyway I think anyone would have a field day deconstructing that. --Kirkoconnell 16:12, 6 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh man, this is better than the Mermaid talk page
Amazing. Simply amazing. Please keep it there. Lord Spase Peepole 18:16, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  I was going to revert the discussion, but read the paragraph first 

message: Average lifespan for a harp seal can be up to 35 years.
Okay, does that sound mathematically curious to anyone else? - Eric 08:17, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Average can be up to... 

message: Could something about their adaptations be added?
--Anonymous
what kind of loser goes to mermaid talk
Bob
The harp seal is so dam cute--24.3.75.81 (talk) 00:21, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Suggestions for expansion

message: Is this detailed explanation of the entie life cycle necessary? It also seems like it is quoted from an external source verbatim; are there copyright problems here? Makerowner 03:19, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Life of a Harp Seal 

message: This article is a mess. It looks like someone just took an article from somewhere else and pasted it at the end of the article that was there before. I haven't been able to find where it comes from though. Anyway, I think the whole section on the life cycle should be deleted. Makerowner 03:51, 25 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup 

message: I have added the Copyright Infringement tag as some of the information seems as if someone has copied and pasted information from a source. (previous Population section) 
I've split this up into more relavent sections such as Diet and Breeding, however, it still needs attention. 
Taipan198 15:18, 14 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks for catching it; did you find another location which was a likely source, or what is the basis for your suspicion?  --TeaDrinker 00:32, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I started this article in 2004 and have participated in developing it later. I have also written large parts of the population section and those parts are definitely not copied from elsewhere. The primary sources are placed in the reference list, but the information given in the article is also based on standard scientific knowledge related to harp seal populations. When placing a tag like this on an article it has to be based on somewhat more than a feeling a reader gets when looking at a text. More concrete evidence should be found than a bare feeling. I don't know what is the basis for the accusation from Taipan198. I therefore repeat the question from TeaDrinker: What is the basis for your suspicion? ----Arnejohs 06:27, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copied and Pasted Information 

message: The article goes from discussing the hunt in the Gulf of St. Lawrence to mentioning the Inuit also hunt them - this is confusing.  There are no Inuit in the Gulf regon are but there are Innu.  Did the original writer mean Innu?MikeR1854 (talk) 05:52, 28 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Inuit

message: there are broken references -- somebody should probably fix them
84.191.195.76 (talk) 19:52, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  errors in the page 

message: Should the article get a temporary semi-protection (only administrators can apply this.) Check the history of the article, it keeps getting vandalized. Bib (talk) 10:09, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Temporary semi-protection 

message: surely someone has a copyright free image of a harp seal lying around somewhere? It's the most well known seal, just about, but there's no image of it on the page (or in the commons), only some drawings.
Shoombooly (talk) 16:07, 18 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Picture 

message: 20:25, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: And what exactly is wrong? Shoombooly (talk) 21:45, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  INFO!!! 

message: I don't think we should have walruses as predators in this article, they may kill harp seals but that doesn't make them predators. Shoombooly (talk) 21:47, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Predators

message: The Article claims the Harp seal is unable to swim or find food until it is 7-8 weeks old, but the DFO claims that by the time they are killed but hunters they are full independant animals. The DFO website says under the Frequently asked question section of the seal page. "Seals cannot be legally hunted until they have moulted their first coats and are living independently from their mothers. Seals are not usually harvested until they reach about 25 days old." http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/seal-phoque/faq-eng.htm#_8
I also have a problem with the claim the hunt isn't sustainable as the harp seal population has been increaseing according to the DFO.
I don't have access to the source of these claims so I can't look through it for validity, but I'm inclined to trust the DFO. Any Ideas on what should be done? TrueMetis (talk) 22:35, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Harp Seal Development 

message: I've reverted this edit which contradicted its source; the seal is rated LC rather than EN. Please keep an eye on this, as it's a serious difference and Wikipedia should not be spreading disinformation on the subject. —INTRIGUEBLUE (talk|contribs) 11:36, 27 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not endangered 

message: In the hunting section it talks about how the TAC is higher than the "sustainable catch" but the Harp Seal population has continued to increase so this is clearly wrong. The Northwest Atlantic harp seal population is estimated at 8-9 million according to the DFOhttp://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/fm-gp/seal-phoque/myth-eng.htm. So should this part of the section be deleted? TrueMetis (talk) 03:37, 17 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Total Allowable Catch. 

message: Seriously? With all of the photos and video of harp seals playing on the snow, National Geographic is going to write that one sentence, and Wikipedia is going to continue the falsehood?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Iamcyclops (talk • contribs) 00:24, 19 June 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  They Spend Only a Little Time on Land? 

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message: Hi All,
I've made some updates on the page that I would like to explain. Let me know what you think and if you have any concerns.
Reworded anthropomorphic language including “it ‘cries’ to remove its tears,” “the mothers abandon their babies,” “adults express themselves” and “the seal prefers.”
Added conversions to pounds in parenthesis after kilograms to stay consistent through the article.
Added material on stranding, rehabilitation, eye rings, labeled line coding, twin births, defense mechanisms, and a new section on diet. New pictures added. 
Updated citations for some facts which were not cited. Updated adult weights, lengths, lifespans and breeding season dates to agree with sources. 
I added material on stranding, rehabilitation, eye rings, labeled line coding, twin births, climate change effects on pup mortality, defense mechanisms, and a new section on diet.
General fact-checking throughout the article. 
Appreciate any input, thanks!
TheRedHusky (talk) 18:00, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent Updates  

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