fur seals

Above, a great white shark jumps out of the water in a hunt for Cape fur seals near False Bay, South Africa, on July 4, 2010.

By the early 1900s, after a century of hunting, only a relict population of Antarctic fur seals survived on South Georgia.

Fur seals belong to the class known as eared seals and have excellent hearing and sharp eyesight.

Scientists made the discovery while observing hundreds of great white attacks on fur seals off South Africa.

New Zealand fur seals swim warily above a great white shark, the largest predatory fish in the seas.

With the depletion of some species, krill have amassed in spectacular swarms, and fur seals have prospered on the excess food.

Great White SharksNew Zealand fur seals swim warily above a great white shark, the largest predatory fish in the seas.

Though clumsy on land, Arctocephalus pusillus, or Cape fur seals, epitomize grace underwater.

During the winter of 2004, the researchers observed 340 attacks by great whites on fur seals within 2km of the island.

Great whites rarely enter kelp forests, and fur seals seek them out as refuges from their arch nemeses.

In 1988, fur seals were listed as "depleted" under the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act.

You have not experienced true stench in your life until you have stood downwind of 30, 000 Cape fur seals on a hot day.

Origins and Biological Accumulation of Small Plastic Particles in Fur Seals from Macquarie Island

Protocol Amending the Interim Convention on Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals;

Heart rate and behavior of fur seals: implications for measurement of field energetics

Interim Convention on Conservation of North Pacific Fur Seals ;