Travel Bug Dog Tag Slippery

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Owner:
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Released:
Thursday, June 22, 2006
Origin:
Nova Scotia, Canada
Recently Spotted:
In CBFGE 2010-25: What's Hidden Under Your Roots?

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To visit the Seven Seas!

Take me to the visit the seven seas, and keep me close to the water!

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Slippery

Western Atlantic Harbor Seal - Phoca vitulina concolor (DeKay, 1842)

The harbor seals living in fresh water lakes in Canada are occasionally assigned to a separate subspecies, Phoca vitulina mellonae (Doutt, 1942), the Ungava seal, but its status as a subspecies is doubtful. Usually these seals are included in P. v. concolor (DeKay, 1842). The length of males ranges from 150 to 180 cm and the weight from 55 to 105 kg. Females measure 120-150 cm and weigh 45-87 kg. Pups measure 70-90 cm at birth and weigh 9-11 kg. The color of the harbor seal is variable: grey to brownish grey with black spots.



The Western Atlantic harbor seal ranges from Maine north to Ellesmere Island in the Canadian Arctic and west to the Hudson Bay. This range includes Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Labrador and Baffin Island. The seal is also found in Greenland. The Ungava seal can be found in the fresh water Seal Lakes in Ungava, Canada.



They feed mainly on local fish, including herring and flounder.



The population dynamics parameters are probably similar to those of P. v. vitulina. Females become mature at the age of 3. The pregnancy rate is on average 87%. Gestation lasts 10½-11 months, including a delay of implantation of 2 months. Lactation lasts 4-6 weeks. Longevity is 35 years for females and 25 years for males. Adult mortality is probably about 13%. The preweaning mortality is 17% and subadult mortality 16%.

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Tracking History (6313.5mi) View Map

Dropped Off 9/22/2012 spaddock placed it in CBFGE 2010-25: What's Hidden Under Your Roots? Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada - 4 miles  Visit Log

Left track able
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/26/2012 spaddock retrieved it from Yellowgate Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada   Visit Log

Will send slippery another way, excited to find a track able thanks
Dropped Off 8/20/2012 blackcapchickadee placed it in Yellowgate Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada - 180.4 miles  Visit Log
Discovered It 8/19/2012 blackcapchickadee discovered it   Visit Log

FOUND IT!!! This little guy was MIA for years. I lost him for awhile but he's safe and sound now. I will get him out into a cache tomorrow so he can continue his journey. Good bye little buddy :)
Retrieve It from a Cache 11/10/2008 blackcapchickadee retrieved it from The Point Amour Light House #2 Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada   Visit Log

I Retrieved "Slippery" from the Point Amour Lighthouse. I didn't think it would be a very warm place to spend a long cold winter. I know from experience that the Labrador Coast is very windy and cold during the winter. I will try to find him a warm home for the winter.
P.S. I'll give him some TLC. He looks a little lonely and sad. I think he needs a good trip down south!

  • Slippery and The Point Amour Lighthouse I found this lonely little guy and I thought I would find a warmer place for him. It was very cold.
  • Me and Slippery at the Point Amour Lighthouse Getting ready to head back to Newfoundland to find a warmer place for him.
Dropped Off 8/31/2008 zircon_215 placed it in The Point Amour Light House #2 Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada - 286.97 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/22/2008 zircon_215 retrieved it from Cape Ray Lighthouse (IATNL) Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada   Visit Log

Picked up Slippery from Cape Ray Lighthouse....will move him on soon.
Dropped Off 8/17/2008 Winter&Me placed it in Cape Ray Lighthouse (IATNL) Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada - 569.76 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/13/2008 Winter&Me retrieved it from Sudoku Cache Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada   Visit Log

Took the TB and will move this slippery fellow along next week.....stay tuned :)

winter&me
Dropped Off 8/13/2008 Buddies-Buddies placed it in Sudoku Cache Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada - 790.14 miles  Visit Log
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