Educational resources on Weddell Seal

Weddell Seal or Leptonychotes weddellii is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Lower Risk/Least Concern . IUCN Profile of the Weddell Seal

Academic web links for the Weddell Seal.

ADW: Leptonychotes weddellii: Information
Weddell seal pups weigh about 29 kg at birth. They have a gray lanugo, which after 3 to 4 weeks turns to a dark coat. Weaning takes place at 6 weeks of age and maturity at 3 years.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Leptonychotes_weddellii.html

Weddell Seal Research
Images from the 2001 Weddell Seal Research Project in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica
www.tamug.edu/labb/Projects/Weddell/McM2001/WeddellWork/Weddell_Work.htm

Weddell Seal Foraging
Foraging behavior of Weddell Seals, a research Project of the Laboratory for Applied Biotelemetry
www.tamug.edu/labb/Projects/Weddell/LABB_weddell.htm

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Scientific name: Leptonychotes weddellii: Common name: Weddell Seal: ITIS# 180669: Physical Description: Weddell seals are large heavy bodied phocids. The chest and abdomen of the
seamap.env.duke.edu/species/tsn/180669

Garrott & Rotella Weddell seal project
Seal project description & data link ... Bob Garrott & Jay Rotella Department of Ecology 308 Lewis Hall Montana State University
www.homepage.montana.edu/~rgarrott/antarctica/project_description.htm

Antarctic Expedition: Weddell Seal Fact Sheet - National Zoo| FONZ
Brought to you by the National Zoo| FONZ. ... NSF Polar Program U.S. Antarctic Program. The National Zoo's Antarctica Expedition is sponsored by the National Science Foundation's
nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/AquaticEcosystems/Antarctica/Seals/weddellseal...

In The Chill Of The Night: 2009 Antarctic Weddell Seal Winter ...
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antarctica.ucsc.edu

Weddell seal
Weddell seals are indifferent to the many storms McMurdo Sound, 1981
www.tamug.edu/labb/antarctica/GreatWhiteSouth/BandW/Weddellseal.htm

Garrott & Rotella Weddell seal project
Weddell seal publications ... Bob Garrott & Jay Rotella Department of Ecology 308 Lewis Hall Montana State University
www.homepage.montana.edu/~rgarrott/antarctica/publications.htm

(54) Sleepy Weddell Seal — Antarctica
This Weddell seal was snoozing on the shore near Palmer Station
www.nicholas.duke.edu/antarctica/graphics/palmer050939.jpg/view