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I am Ashley.
This is my personal blog. If you want just marine biology, go here.
I love the world; I really don't like people.
I balance all this animosity towards the human race with being an almost always kind and gentle being to all creatures.
I'm highly introverted and nature is my primary escape from humanity.
Creepy-crawly-slimy things are my favorites. Dinosaurs are fantastic.
Future marine biologist; presently an amateur entomologist, ichthyologist, artist, biologist, and writer.
Literature, video game, and music connoisseur.
I'm so full of passion for the world that it hurts.
I think a lot, I laugh a lot, I love a lot.
Almost none of the photos are mine and only some of the drawings are mine.
Listen in.
I am Ashley.
This is my personal blog. If you want just marine biology, go here.
I love the world; I really don't like people.
I balance all this animosity towards the human race with being an almost always kind and gentle being to all creatures.
I'm highly introverted and nature is my primary escape from humanity.
Creepy-crawly-slimy things are my favorites. Dinosaurs are fantastic.
Future marine biologist; presently an amateur entomologist, ichthyologist, artist, biologist, and writer.
Literature, video game, and music connoisseur.
I'm so full of passion for the world that it hurts.
I think a lot, I laugh a lot, I love a lot.
Almost none of the photos are mine and only some of the drawings are mine.
Listen in.
Earless SEALS
Order Carnivora
Superfamily Pinnipedia
Family Phocidae
• Ear holes (no external ear flaps)
• Cannot rotate hind flippers forward to walk (so they galumph)
• Swim with hind flippers
• Little sexual dimorphism
• Near-shore coastal waters
• Can dive to 1500 ft for 40 minutes
• Hunted for skin, meat, blubber
• Communicate via grunting and fin slapping
• Size: 5 - 6 ft, 300 lbs
• Lifespan: 25 - 30 years
• Birth rate: 1 pup per year per female
(Pictured is a Leopard Seal)
