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The Baikal seal is a relatively solitary animal. During winter, the seals will maintain a breathing hole above the frozen lake. Breeding season occur in late spring, after which a female seal will enter a nine months-long period of gestation. They are polygamous, and a male can mate with up to three females if given the chance. While the male hunts, the female will dig a large den for their pups to huddle in. The dens usually collapse when spring comes, leaving the pups to fend for themselves. | The Baikal seal is a relatively solitary animal. During winter, the seals will maintain a breathing hole above the frozen lake. Breeding season occur in late spring, after which a female seal will enter a nine months-long period of gestation. They are polygamous, and a male can mate with up to three females if given the chance. While the male hunts, the female will dig a large den for their pups to huddle in. The dens usually collapse when spring comes, leaving the pups to fend for themselves. | ||
The only known natural predator of the Baikal seal is the brown bear, but deaths happen rather infrequently. They have also been known to be hunted by the local inhabitants, but only as livestock fodder. As seal hunting is fairly regulated by the Russian government, Baikal seals are not currently endangered of extinction. | |||
|trivia=* Their other name, nerpa, simply means "seal" in Russian. | |trivia=* Their other name, nerpa, simply means "seal" in Russian. | ||
|reference=* http://www.conservenature.org/learn_about_wildlife/marine_mammals/baikal_seal.htm | |reference=* http://www.conservenature.org/learn_about_wildlife/marine_mammals/baikal_seal.htm | ||
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* https://www.pinnipeds.org/seal-information/species-information-pages/the-phocid-seals/baikal-seal | * https://www.pinnipeds.org/seal-information/species-information-pages/the-phocid-seals/baikal-seal | ||
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