How to Use fur seal in a Sentence

fur seal

noun
  • Leopard seals used to be rarely seen near fur seal breeding grounds.
    — Craig Welch, National Geographic, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The surgery was the first of its kind to treat hydrocephalus in fur seals.
    — Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 2 Jan. 2018
  • One night, Xpl-108 slipped down to the coast and killed a fur seal.
    — Ryan Truscott, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Mar. 2023
  • On the platform, the researchers found, the fur seals slept much as land mammals do.
    — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 7 June 2018
  • Sea lions, Guadalupe fur seals and baleen whales died at higher rates than usual.
    — oregonlive, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Guadalupe fur seals live about 20 years on average, the agency said.
    — Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Sea turtles and marine mammals such as fur seals have also been spotted on wrecks.
    — Avery Paxton, Discover Magazine, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Cape fur seals enjoy dining on the energy-rich livers of blue sharks.
    — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Previously, virus spread on mink farms and among sea lions and fur seals last summer.
    — Evan Bush, NBC News, 25 July 2024
  • The two fur seals, on the other hand, very likely have a condition called leucism.
    — Jeff Mauritzen, National Geographic, 25 Apr. 2019
  • Fly under 2000ft waterfalls, through the fiords and land amongst the fur seals.
    — Tom Ricketts, Town & Country, 5 Oct. 2016
  • 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
  • Adults are also hunted by caracals, leopards, mongooses, fur seals and sharks.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
  • As early as the 1600s Dutch settlers killed Cape fur seals for their skins and oil.
    — National Geographic, 21 Sep. 2016
  • After the sharks left their hangouts, populations of cape fur seal and sevengill sharks climbed.
    — Evan Bush, NBC news, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Die-offs have also been observed in South American dolphins and fur seals.
    — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 network works with Guadalupe fur seal experts to help recover wayward fur seals found along the Oregon coastline.
    — oregonlive, 19 Dec. 2020
  • Oceans have absorbed 60 percent more heat than previously thought, which is causing more fur seals to suffer from hookworm.
    — Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's magazine, 10 Jan. 2019
  • Two fur seals were found decapitated on Muriwai Beach in early June.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The fur seals, in contrast, are the smallest of the Antarctic seal species and live primarily on sub-Antarctic islands.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2026
  • In Argentina, roughly 1,300 sea lions and fur seals perished.
    — Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026
  • In Argentina, roughly 1,300 sea lions and fur seals perished.
    — Susanne Rust follow, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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