SEALS 



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SEALS 



Few animals are so curious and interesting as the Seals. Al- 

 though they are mammals and not fish, they live almost entirely 



The Greenland Seal 



in the water; although they are creatures of prey, they have no 

 talons with which to tear their victims; and although they are 

 warm-blooded animals, they are almost entirely confined to the icy 

 seas of the Arctic and Antarctic regions. 



Let us briefly examine their structure, and see how it is adapted 

 to the peculiar life which they are destined to lead. 



In the first place, then, we find that seals are protected from 

 the extreme cold of the frozen seas in which they live by a three- 

 fold outer garment, if we may use the expression. First comes a 



