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Seals and Sea Lions Ringed seal are found in the coldest oceans of the Northern Hemisphere, close to the North Pole (circumpolar). They eat fish, shrimp, krill, squid, and other invertebrates and reach only 150 lbs. Northern fur seals are found all over the northern Pacific Ocean eating fish and squid. They can reach 600 pounds with thick, muscular necks covered in dark fur. Harp seals are found in the North Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Oceans from Siberia to Newfoundland and Canada on and around the arctic pack ice. They eat fish and crabs and can reach 300 lbs. ©Sheri Amsel www.exploringnature.org Southern elephant seals are found throughout the oceans around the Antarctic on the open ocean when not on the rocky beaches of their breeding islands. They manta rays, squid, octopi, crabs, fish and small sharks and reach 1,500 lbs. California sea lion are found in the coastal water and beaches of British Columbia, Canada down to Mexico. They eat fish, squid and octopus and reach 600 lbs. Leopard seals are found in the Antarctic Ocean and shores and sometimes along the coasts of South America, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand. They eat krill, squid, small seals, penguins, and other birds and can reach 1,000 lbs. Harbor seals are found in the Oceans in the Northern Hemisphere and on beaches, sand bars, reefs and ice floes. They eat fish and shellfish and reach 300 lbs.
