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Marine Mammals are mammals that spend most of their lives in the seas. They include the cetaceans (whales and dolphins), pinnipeds (seals, sea lions, and walrus), sirenians (manatees and dugongs), sea otters, and even the polar bear. Most marine mammals have a thick layer of insulating blubber that keeps them warm in cold water.

Most are carnivores (meat-eaters), whose diet includes fish, crustaceans, birds, and krill. Marine mammals are hunted by other marine mammals (like killer whales and polar bears), sharks, and man. A few marine mammals (like manatees) are herbivores (plant-eaters).

Beluga Whale A small, white, toothed whale that lives mostly in cold, arctic waters.

Blue Whale A baleen whale that is the largest animal ever on Earth.

Bottlenose Dolphin A bottlenose dolphin is a small, toothed whale.

Bowhead Whale A baleen whale with very long baleen.

California Sea Lion California sea lions are eared seals that live off the coast of western North America.

Dugong Dugongs are gentle, slow-swimming, aquatic mammals.

Gray Whale A baleen whale that is a bottom feeder and takes a very long migration.

Harbor Seal Harbor Seals live in the ocean but breathe air. They are marine mammals. (Family Phocidae, Subfamily Phocinae)

Harp Seal Harp Seals are marine mammals that live in the North Atlantic and the Arctic Ocean. (Family Phocidae, Subfamily Phocinae)

Humpback Whale A long-flippered baleen whale that sings and frolics in the water.

Killer Whale A toothed whale that lives in small pods in the arctic.

Manatee Manatees are gentle, slow-swimming, aquatic mammals.

Minke Whale The smallest baleen whale. It sings and has a white band on each flipper.

Narwhal The toothed whale from the Arctic. The male has a huge, spiral tooth.

Elephant Seal, Northern The Northern Elephant Seal is a huge seal that lives in the northern Pacific Ocean. (Family Phocidae, Subfamily Monachinae)

Northern Fur Seal The Northern Fur Seal is a marine mammal that lives in the northern Pacific Ocean. (Family Phocidae, Subfamily Arctocephalinae)

Orca or Killer Whale A toothed whale that lives in small pods in the Arctic.

Polar Bear Polar Bears are meat-eaters who live in the Arctic.

Seals Seals live in the ocean but breathe air. They are marine mammals.

Sea Otter Sea otters are marine mammals with very dense, waterproof fur.

Spectacled Porpoise A porpoise (a small toothed whale) from the Southern Hemisphere.

Sperm Whale The largest toothed whale, over 50 feet long. It eats giant squid.

Walrus The walrus is a large mammal that spends most of its life in icy seas.

Weddell Seal The Weddell seal is a large, nocturnal pinniped from Antarctica.

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