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  1. blog.nwf.org › 2019 › 06The Rare Seal Population that Spends its Life in Freshwater

    Jun 18, 2019 · Iliamna Lake is the largest body of freshwater in Alaska and the home to a unique population of seal that spends its entire life in freshwater. Since most seal populations live in saltwater or travel between salt and freshwater, this population of Iliamna Lake seals is globally rare.

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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Freshwater_sealFreshwater seal - Wikipedia

    While the Baikal Seal is the only unique species of pinniped to live in a purely freshwater environment for the duration of their lives, various species of typically saltwater seals may occasionally frequent freshwater environments or include isolated populations in near coastal freshwater lakes.

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  4. www.cbc.ca › news › canada'Elusive' freshwater Alaska seals one of a kind, says study

    May 20, 2019 · The study published in Conservation Biology says Iliamna Lake seals live in Alaska's largest freshwater body year-round for their entire lives and rely primarily on food produced in the...

  5. wwf.ca › stories › meet-the-mysterious-freshwaterMeet the mysterious freshwater seal of Quebec - WWF.CA

    Mar 30, 2016 · The mysterious and reclusive creatures have been dubbed achikunipi by the Cree, meaning “freshwater seal”. Biologically, they’re harbour seals. But the Loups Marins lakes are located 250 kilometers east of the Hudson Bay coast. So what is a harbour seal doing so far from the sea?

  6. pondinformer.com › freshwater-sealsList of Freshwater Seal Species (ID + Pics) - Pond Informer

    • Baikal seal (Pusa sibirica) Endemic to Lake Baikal. Of course, if just one of the world’s freshwater systems could have an isolated population of obligate freshwater seals, it would be Lake Baikal.
    • Caspian seal (Pusa caspica) Native to the Caspian Sea. The Caspian seal favors the brackish waters of the Caspian Sea, but its subpopulations may routinely enter purely freshwater tributaries like the Volga River and Ural River.
    • Iliamna Lake seal (Phoca vitulina richardsi) Endemic to Iliamna Lake. A subspecies of the harbor seal, the Iliamna Lake seal has a landlocked population in Alaska’s largest body of freshwater.
    • Ladoga ringed seal (Pusa hispida ladogensis) Endemic to Lake Ladoga. Lake Ladoga is a large freshwater system in northwestern Russia, where it is connected to thousands of rivers.

  7. www.newsfromthestates.com › article › freshwaterFreshwater seals in Alaska’s biggest lake are genetically ...

    Nov 11, 2024 · Now scientific research has confirmed something that has long been suspected: The Iliamna Lake seals, believed to number about 400, are genetically different from the harbor seals swimming in the saltwater of Bristol Bay and the wider Pacific Ocean.

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  9. www.zeehondencentrum.nl › seals-in-fresh-waterSeals in fresh water - Sealcentre Pieterburen

    Feb 14, 2024 · Seals don't necessarily need to be in salt water to survive. Unlike other marine animals, they are not very sensitive to the salinity of water. It is true that after a while their eyes can get irritated.