How do the seasons influence the Harbour Seals behaviour?
The most important seasonal event that effects harbour seal behaviour is the breeding season. Seals have annual reproductive cycles and here on the Pacific Coast, females give birth in June-September and are ready to breed soon after. During this season, males are more aggressive and often fight over females. Moulting season (when the seal’s shed their skin) also happens once a year usually right after breeding season. Harbour seals are non-migratory but they will follow food sources. In the fall, you can see seals congregating at salmon stream estuaries hoping to feed on spawning fish. I found most of this information in The Handbook to Marine Mammals, Volume 2: Seals. BACK TO SEAL INDEX OR ANSWER FILE Whales vs. Seals – received from Mahnoor Q: How are whales different than seals? A: Whales and seals are both marine mammals, so they are the same in many ways. They both need to breathe air from above the water s surface, and they both give birth to live young instead of laying eggs. A
