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!

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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 6/1/2008 tharitiz placed it in Maggie's Micro New Brunswick, Canada - .58 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/1/2008 tharitiz retrieved it from #10 Sparks New Brunswick, Canada   Visit Log

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With move this fellow along quickly.
Dropped Off 6/1/2008 Zor placed it in #10 Sparks New Brunswick, Canada - 539.94 miles  Visit Log
Write note 5/24/2008 four_i_s posted a note for it   Visit Log

Hi, we didn't forget to log it, you just found it before we got back home to Saint John log it! Thanks!
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 5/24/2008 Zor grabbed it   Visit Log

I think this guy may have been forgotten about by a previous cacher. I found him in Riverview today while I was out caching. Apparently the previous holder must have forgotten to log the fact that they placed it in a cache. Regardless, I'll move this guy along.
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/4/2008 four_i_s retrieved it from The French Village Travel Bug and Geocoin Motel New Brunswick, Canada   Visit Log

Moving it on soon.
Dropped Off 5/4/2008 DIGGER_52 placed it in The French Village Travel Bug and Geocoin Motel New Brunswick, Canada - 15.76 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/4/2008 DIGGER_52 retrieved it from Spring lunchen Geostyle at the AQ New Brunswick, Canada   Visit Log

out of the party into a motel
Dropped Off 4/27/2008 Ma & Pa placed it in Spring lunchen Geostyle at the AQ New Brunswick, Canada - 87.8 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 4/23/2008 Ma & Pa retrieved it from Breakfast at Cherry's V New Brunswick, Canada   Visit Log

Will move soon
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