Seals can reach from five to six feet long. They can weigh up to 300 pounds but male seals can be larger then the females. They have small flippers and move on land by flopping on their bellies. They have layer of blubber to help protect them against the cold. They sped most of their time out of the sea. When it wants to swim fast it holds its front flippers against its side and propels itself with its powerful hind flippers while moving its lower body side to side like a fish. Seals are carnivores because they eat meat products. Adult seals eat fish, which are rockfish, herring, flounder, salmon, hake and sand lance they also eat squid and sardines. They can eat ten through eighteen pounds of food, which is about 5% of there over all body weight. Even though they have sharp teeth they don’t chew there food so they swallow it whole or break it into chunks. When the water is dark it uses its whiskers, which have sensitive vibrissae to help find its food. They have back molars that help them crush the shells and crustaceans. Seals can be found in the north equator in both the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean. They are usually in coastal waters and on rocky islands, sand beaches, mudflats, bays, and estuaries. When they migrate they do it in groups each year around the Baffin Island to their birthing grounds, which is located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. They leave the Artic waters during the fall to reach there birthing grounds, which is from December to February. Once they reach there birthing grounds they disperse and start to feed. After the females have given birth they migrate back to the Arctic. Seals give birth during the spring. Mothers can recognize their pup by there smell. Newborn seals are known as seal pups and they go through six life stages. The first stage is know as they yellowjacket, which is when they are born the have white fur; however, it is tinted yellow due to the placental fluid during this stage they weigh abou