Food
Life Spans
Relatives
General
100

About what percentage of their body weight does a seal eat every day?

1%

5%

10%

50%

5% 

(That's kind of like a kindergartener eating 8 hamburgers every day!)

100

How many years will a seal live for?

3-5

10-12

25-30

40-50

25-30

100

What common household animal is closely related to the Antarctic Fur Seal?

Dogs! 

100

What part of a whale weighs the same as an elephant?

Its tongue!

200

How much krill can a Blue Whale eat in a single day? 

3

100,000

4 million

40 million

40 million!

200

How long do Blue Whales live?

30 years

70 years

87 years

110 years

Up to 110 years!

200

Who is more closely related to dolphins?

The blue whale!

200

How fast can a Blue Whale swim?

10mph

30mph

45mph

100mph

up to 30mph!

300

Which type of seal is the only known to eat other seals and pups?

Leopard Seals

300

Who lives longer: blue whales or tortoises?

Tortoises just barely! They live 80-150 years!

300

What other animal are seals related to? Penguins, Bears, Giraffes, or Tigers?

Bears!

300

What is the deepest a blue whale has been recorded to dive?

100ft

500ft

1,000ft

5,000ft

1,033 ft! That's like holding your breath and swimming as deep as the Empire State Building is tall!

400

What is the only known predator of Blue Whales?

Killer Whales/ Orcas

400

Who lives longer: parrots or seals?

Parrots! They live 40-50 years

400

How many species of whale are there? 1-100

90! 76 toothed whales (think orcas and belugas) and 14 baleen whales (like blue whales and humpback whales)!

400

What is a group of seals called?

a pod

a gang

a troupe

a bob

A bob!

500

What technique do blue whales use to eat?

lunge feeding

filter feeding

sneak attack

opportunistic feeding

Blue whales capture krill through lunge feeding; they swim towards them at high speeds as they open their mouths up to 80°. They may engulf 220 metric tons of water at one time!

500

How old did the oldest recorded seal live to be?

50! A gray seal named Sheba is the oldest recorded seal in the world!

500

How many species of seals are there in the world? It is a number 1-100.

Bonus Points for knowing how many are Arctic species.

35 in the world!

6 are arctic!

500

What animal is making this sound??













A Weddell Seal!