Show Strange Facts Elephants Without I Trunks THE largest of the true seals are known as sea elephants grown Full-grown bulls are sometimes 25 feet long and weigh over 2000 pounds They are called sea ele not on account of their size but because the ends of their noses are so shaped as to resemble resemble resemble ble short wrinkled trunks Their hair is is gray except for a patch of white on their necks and they have long tusks Sea-elephants Sea were once common all through the Pacific ocean but their fat bodies yield so much oil that they have been hunted mercilessly Now they are arc found only on in the South Pacific ocean Next to the sea elephants the largest of all the seals are the sea lions ions Steller's sea lion hon which is common throughout the North Pacific Pa Pa- Pacific Pacific sometimes exceeds 10 feet in n length The short ears of sea lions ions differentiate them from true seals also their necks are longer Since their forelimbs are triangular lar ar paddles and their are web toed web toed feet which do not Dot turn urn back like seals seal's feet they can use all four limbs on land They can easily climb up rocks and cliffs Like the sea lions the fur seals are not true seals but cared eared seals eals and they are sometimes known cnown as sea bears They differ from rom other seals in having a coat of f thick soft brown which we wc know as sealskin The outer uter coat is composed of stilt stiff grayish hairs which are removed when the fur is dressed Q O Britannica Junior |