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To: LucyJo

Seal lions can use their front flippers to move around on land. Seals can not.


24 posted on 04/23/2010 5:52:18 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine
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To: Jack Hydrazine

I was reading that. The differences are relatively small, but interesting.


25 posted on 04/23/2010 8:07:00 PM PDT by LucyJo
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To: Jack Hydrazine; LucyJo
Seal lions can use their front flippers to move around on land. Seals can not.

Actually that's: sealions can use their rear flippers and are reasonably mobile on land.

Seals can use only their front flippers to drag themselves along on their bellies. They cannot climb stairs, or move at any speed on land or ice, no matter how strong the motivation.


26 posted on 04/23/2010 8:14:47 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy (great thing about being a cynic: you can enjoy being proved wrong)
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