Show strange J bealts acts BE elephants without 0 trunks THE largest of the true seals 1 are known as sea elephants full grown bulls are sometimes 25 feet long end and weigh over 2000 pounds they are called sea ele chants not on account of their size 1 but because the ends of their nos noses s are so shaped as to resemble short wrinkled trunks their hair is gray except for a patch of white on their necks and the they y have long tusks sea elephants were once common all through the pacific ocean but their f fat bodies yield so much oil that they have been hunted mercilessly now they are found only in the south pacific ocean next to the sea elephants the largest of all the seals are the sea lions sea lion which is common throughout the north pacific sometimes exceeds 10 feet fee in length the short ears of sea lions differentiate them from true seals also their necks are longer since their forelimbs fore limbs are triangular paddles and their hind limbs are web toed feet which do not turn back like seals feet they can use all four limbs on land they can easily climb up rocks and cliffs cliff s like the sea lions the fur seals are not true seals but eared sea seals IS and they are sometimes known as sea bears beans they differ from other seals in having a coat of thick soft brown which we know as ai sealskin the outer coat is comp composed 0 sed of stiff grayish hairs which are removed when the fur is dressed Q britannica junior |