The Pinniped Thread

[Dassie rat]

South American fur seal (seen in northern hemisphere)
Californian sea lion
South American sea lion (seen in northern hemisphere)
Steller's sea lion (seen in northern hemisphere)
Walrus
Common seal
Baikal seal
Grey seal
Leopard seal
Southern elephant seal (seen in northern hemisphere)
Hawaiian monk seal

 

[TheGerenuk]

I have seen:

Eared Seals: California sea lion, Steller's sea lion, Northern fur seal, South African fur seal, New Zealand fur seal, Australian sea lion.
Earless Seals: Leopard seal, Common seal, Grey seal.
Walruses: Walrus.
Total: 10 species (sadly )

-TheWalrus

 

[Dassie rat]

I saw a pinniped show at Taronga Zoo. I saw a leopard seal and I think I saw an Australian sea lion as well.

 

[Dassie rat]

I have seen:
Walruses: Walrus.
-TheWalrus

Are Seal Pup and The Walrus the only Zoochatters that can see a pinniped by looking in the mirror?

 

[SealPup]

Are Seal Pup and The Walrus the only Zoochatters that can see a pinniped by looking in the mirror?

It is actually dolphins, that can recognise themselves by looking in a mirror.

 

[elefante]

Captivity
Harbor Seal (Como, Detroit, Hogle, and likely others)
California Sea Lion (Hogle, Como, Henry Doorly, and likely others)
Walrus (Point Defiance)

Wild
California Sea Lion
Steller's Sea Lion
Hawaiian Monk Seal
Galápagos Sea Lion

 

[Brum]

I haven't seen Baikal Seal in the wild...

You gave it a bloody good try though!

 

[TeaLovingDave]

In any case, he did see Baikal Seal in the wild..... just not a living one.

 

[Brum]

I forgot the photo: the only Baikal seal to my name. So tempted to add it to my life list anyway.....

https://www.zoochat.com/community/attachments/img_5366-jpg.4940/

 

[Hyak_II]

Depends on whether or not the lone Southern Elephant Seal at Toba Aquarium has died now - I suspect it has, but it was certainly still alive a year or so ago.

She has passed away at some point or another. From what I can recall she was a very geriatric animal.

 

[Kakapo]

OK, what about southern hemisphere phocids, in the northern hemisphere?

There are still southern elephant seal in Japan?

 

[Kakapo]

Ops. The thread grow into another page that I didn't saw before, and my question was solved just 17 minutes ago...
Has the Toba aquarium still the other species, Northern elephant seal?

 

[Chlidonias]

In any case, he did see Baikal Seal in the wild..... just not a living one.

The eternal dilemma - is it better to have seen a live Baikal Seal in a zoo, or a dead Baikal Seal at Lake Baikal?

 

[SealPup]

Why are there so few baikal seals outside of Russia? There were some at Twycross once, but they are up there with shoebills and pandas, surely.

 

[aardvark250]

Why are there so few baikal seals outside of Russia? There were some at Twycross once, but they are up there with shoebills and pandas, surely.

Unless you don't count japan as "outside Russia"

 

[SealPup]

Unless you don't count japan as "outside Russia"

What I would like is to see is a reconstructed Baikal ecosystem, complete with spongillid reefs and glomyankas. Public aquaria miss entire ecosystems of note: omitting the deep seas is understandable, but there is globally a bias to local species plus South American freshwaters and tropical reefs. How difficult would it be to set up an Antarctic house at a zoo, chill it at least indoors, and import the penguins and seals from the area? Its an unusual marine ecosystem, but one globally under-represented.

 

[arctocephalus]

My list (first seen at)

Harbour Seal (Bremerhaven, Germany)
Largha Seal (SeaWorld San Diego, USA)
Grey Seal (Bremerhaven, Germany)
Ringed Seal (Duisburg, Germany)
Baikal Seal (Berlin Tierpark, Germany)
Harp Seal (Esbjerg, Denmark)
Hooded Seal (Pieterburen, Netherlands)
Bearded Seal (Pieterburen, Netherlands)
Mediterranean Monk Seal (Pieterburen, Netherlands)
Southern Elephant Seal (Stuttgart, Germany)
Northern Elephant Seal (SeaWorld San Diego, USA)

Walrus, both subspecies (Hamburg, Germany)

Californian Sealion (Bremerhaven, Germany)
Patagonian Sealion (Hamburg, Germany)
Australian Sealion (Sydney, Australia)
Steller's Sealion (Harderwijk, Netherlands)

Northern fur seal (Bremerhaven, Germany)
South African/Australian fur seal, both subspecies (Bremerhaven, Germany/Sydney, Australia)
South American fur seal (Bremerhaven, Germany), incl. Peruvian subspecies (Hamburg, Germany)
Subantarctic fur seal (Canberra, Australia)
New Zealand fur seal (Sydney, Australia)
Antarctic fur seal (Durban, South Africa)
Guadalupe fur seal (SeaWorld San Diego, USA)

 

[devilfish]

Japan's last southern elephant seal, at Futami Sea Paradise, died in 2013.

 

[elefante]

What I would like is to see is a reconstructed Baikal ecosystem, complete with spongillid reefs and glomyankas. Public aquaria miss entire ecosystems of note: omitting the deep seas is understandable, but there is globally a bias to local species plus South American freshwaters and tropical reefs. How difficult would it be to set up an Antarctic house at a zoo, chill it at least indoors, and import the penguins and seals from the area? Its an unusual marine ecosystem, but one globally under-represented.

I've always wondered why there isn't more of an attempt at keeping Antarctic seals. The Caspian Sea might also be an interesting ecosystem to exhibit.

 

[TZDugong]

've always wondered why there isn't more of an attempt at keeping Antarctic seals.

I know that a few of the Seals are hard to track as they move breeding spots every year. Also Elephant seals must be hard to capture as they are huge and aggressive.