How to Use fur seal in a Sentence

fur seal

noun

• One night, Xpl-108 slipped down to the coast and killed a fur seal.
  — Ryan Truscott, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2023
• The surgery was the first of its kind to treat hydrocephalus in fur seals.
  — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 2 Jan. 2018
• On the platform, the researchers found, the fur seals slept much as land mammals do.
  — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 7 June 2018
• As early as the 1600s Dutch settlers killed Cape fur seals for their skins and oil.
  — National Geographic, 21 Sep. 2016
• Fly under 2000ft waterfalls, through the fiords and land amongst the fur seals.
  — Tom Ricketts, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
• Leopard seals used to be rarely seen near fur seal breeding grounds.
  — Craig Welch, National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2023
• Nearly 70 percent of Cape fur seal skins went to Turkey.
  — Rachel Fobar, National Geographic, 3 Oct. 2019
• Sea lions, Guadalupe fur seals and baleen whales died at higher rates than usual.
  — oregonlive, 21 Jan. 2020
• The two fur seals, on the other hand, very likely have a condition called leucism.
  — Jeff Mauritzen, National Geographic, 25 Apr. 2019
• Up close, though, almost every inch of Seal Island is covered by the Cape fur seals that gave it its name.
  — David McKenzie and Brent Swails, CNN, 28 Oct. 2019
• The particular kind of seal that’s been dying — the Cape fur seal — is thought to number around 2 million.
  — Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2022
• The other rescues this year include one harbor seal, two sea turtles and three Guadalupe fur seals.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Mar. 2023
• The sandy beaches of the islands are also the territory of fur seals, elephant seals, and dolphins.
  — Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 19 Aug. 2019
• Then, in 2018, DLCT scientists spotted the lionesses hunting fur seals—some of the first lions to do so in four decades.
  — Ryan Truscott, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2023
• Cape fur seals enjoy dining on the energy-rich livers of blue sharks.
  — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 11 Apr. 2023
• This includes the pups of other seals, such as crabeater, southern elephant, and Antarctic fur seals, as well as fish, cephalopods like squid, and even krill.
  — Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 28 Feb. 2024
• The team's captain was Daniel Webster, a longtime foreman agent in the fur seal industry in the Pribilof Islands.
  — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 17 June 2018
• Sea turtles and marine mammals such as fur seals have also been spotted on wrecks.
  — Avery Paxton, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
• Take the hundreds of Cape fur seal carcasses that washed up on Namibia’s coastline early last year.
  — Marion Renault, The New Republic, 3 May 2023
• Die-offs have also been observed in South American dolphins and fur seals.
  — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
• The network works with Guadalupe fur seal experts to help recover wayward fur seals found along the Oregon coastline.
  — oregonlive, 19 Dec. 2020
• Enjoy exploring trails that lead to gorgeous tide pools and grottos full of fauna, and snorkel nearby with the fur seals and marine birds.
  — Jordan Harvey, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2020
• An unprecedented die-off of over 5,000 Cape fur seal pups on a Namibian beach is being probed by the country’s fisheries ministry.
  — Kaula Nhongo, Bloomberg.com, 14 Oct. 2020
• Bottlenose dolphins, California sea lions, and the Guadalupe Island fur seal also call the area home.
  — Lilit Marcus, CNN, 7 Feb. 2023
• National Geographic Critter Cams like the ones seen above also show how leopard seals prey on fur seal pups and steal food.
  — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 19 Sep. 2017
• Over the longer term, global warming could make El Niño years even more challenging for the species, and others as well, including fur seals and Galápagos penguins.
  — Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
• Researchers know that creatures like dolphins manage to sleep in the ocean by turning off only half of their brains at a time, while fur seals can sometimes sleep with their whole brain, and sometimes with only half.
  — Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 28 Aug. 2023
• Sea lions and fur seals in Uruguay have become a tourist attraction—but the animals have become less tolerant of the disturbance.
  — Jason G. Goldman, Scientific American, 29 May 2018
• Thus far this year, SeaWorld San Diego has rescued 51 sea lions, 14 northern elephant seals, six fur seals, three sea turtles, one dolphin and one harbor seal.
  — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023
• Thus far this year, SeaWorld San Diego has rescued 54 sea lions, 16 northern elephant seals, six fur seals, three sea turtles, one dolphin and one harbor seal.
  — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024