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Description
Common Name: Fur Seal
Common Name Synonyms: Brown Fur Seal, Cape Fur Seal, Afro-Australian Fur Seal, Australian Fur Seal, South African Fur Seal
Scientific Name: Arctocephalus pusillus
Size: 75-95cm tall from flipper-bottom to shoulders, 200-250cm from snout to tail.
Classification: Caniform
Habitat: Oceans, Beaches,
Diet: Carnivorous; diet consisted of fish, squids, crustaceans, clams, octopuses, lobsters, penguins, blue sharks
Description: Both subspecies are native to Australia and South Africa, the brown fur seals are the largest and robust fur seals. Similar to most other fur seals and sea lions, they are sexually dimorphic, that males are larger and had broader heads than females. They lived in the rookeries, established by a large, heavyweight alpha male, whose a beach master. As pups and adults, all ages, they fell prey to the great white shark and even the killer whale. As pups, they can fell prey to land-based predators, like graeyback jackals(Lupulella mesomelas) and brown hyenas(Hyaena brunnea), in the Skeleton Coast of Namibia. Even though they can protect their pups from danger, they can be inquisitive and friendly towards humans, when they refuse to hunt fur seals, assuming that they are scuba-divers. Not all humans are harmless to the fur seals, but these pinnipeds are still harvested in Namibia. Permits are issued for the killing of pups for their luxurious fur and adult males for their genitalia which are considered an aphrodisiac in some countries. It is also considered necessary to limit seal numbers in Namibia because of the supposed effect seals have on the country's fish harvest. Research by environmental groups disputes this.

Art (C) Shawn Brunner ,aka Patchi1995

Description
Common Name: Fur Seal
Common Name Synonyms: Brown Fur Seal, Cape Fur Seal, Afro-Australian Fur Seal, Australian Fur Seal, South African Fur Seal
Scientific Name: Arctocephalus pusillus
Size: 75-95cm tall from flipper-bottom to shoulders, 200-250cm from snout to tail.
Classification: Caniform
Habitat: Oceans, Beaches,
Diet: Carnivorous; diet consisted of fish, squids, crustaceans, clams, octopuses, lobsters, penguins, blue sharks
Description: Both subspecies are native to Australia and South Africa, the brown fur seals are the largest and robust fur seals. Similar to most other fur seals and sea lions, they are sexually dimorphic, that males are larger and had broader heads than females. They lived in the rookeries, established by a large, heavyweight alpha male, whose a beach master. As pups and adults, all ages, they fell prey to the great white shark and even the killer whale. As pups, they can fell prey to land-based predators, like graeyback jackals(Lupulella mesomelas) and brown hyenas(Hyaena brunnea), in the Skeleton Coast of Namibia. Even though they can protect their pups from danger, they can be inquisitive and friendly towards humans, when they refuse to hunt fur seals, assuming that they are scuba-divers. Not all humans are harmless to the fur seals, but these pinnipeds are still harvested in Namibia. Permits are issued for the killing of pups for their luxurious fur and adult males for their genitalia which are considered an aphrodisiac in some countries. It is also considered necessary to limit seal numbers in Namibia because of the supposed effect seals have on the country's fish harvest. Research by environmental groups disputes this.

Art (C) Shawn Brunner ,aka Patchi1995