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Kate :verigold:<p>[Dine at al.] Influence of the phytoplankton community structure on the southern elephant seals' foraging activity within the Southern Ocean <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-025-08049-0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s42003-025</span><span class="invisible">-08049-0</span></a> 🦭 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seals</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineMammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineMammals</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineBiology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pinnipeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pinnipeds</span></a></p>
Kate :verigold:<p>Studying how seals adapt to extreme environments could lead to benefits in human reproductive health <a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/04/250415143506.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedaily.com/releases/2025</span><span class="invisible">/04/250415143506.htm</span></a> 🦭 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seals</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineMammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineMammals</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineBiology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pinnipeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pinnipeds</span></a></p>
Michael Kohlman<p>Still going through my pics from last weekend of Harbor Seal Gals and their Pups at the Hopkins Beach Rookery in Pacific Grove CA, using Sony's new 400-800mm G lens. </p><p>But I'm still finding some "Aww" moments, such as this Mom and her Recent Newborn posing for the camera:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HarborSeals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarborSeals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MomentOfZen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MomentOfZen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SilentSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SilentSunday</span></a></p>
Geert Aarts<p>Packed with grey seals...<br>March/April is when grey seal moult (change hair) in the Wadden Sea. The largest numbers, approximately 4 thousand, gathered near Engelschhoek, between the islands of Vlieland and Terschelling. </p><p><a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Waddensea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waddensea</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seals</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/greyseal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greyseal</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/wildlifephotogaphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlifephotogaphy</span></a></p>
Michael Kohlman<p>I think we could all gain something from learning to be this chill:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HarborSeals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarborSeals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MomentOfZen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MomentOfZen</span></a></p>
Kate :verigold:<p>Caspian Sea's rapid decline threatens endangered seals, coastal communities and industry, study warns <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-04-caspian-sea-rapid-decline-threatens.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-04-caspian-</span><span class="invisible">sea-rapid-decline-threatens.html</span></a> 🦭 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seals</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineMammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineMammals</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineBiology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pinnipeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pinnipeds</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a></p>
Peter<p>When the North and South polar regions get together ...</p><p><a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/PolarAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PolarAlliance</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Penguins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Penguins</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/PolarBears" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PolarBears</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seals</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Orca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orca</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Antarctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antarctic</span></a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/HandsOff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HandsOff</span></a></p>
Kate :verigold:<p>[Connor, Ardoin &amp; Leo] Effects of anthropogenic noise on marine mammal abundances informed by mixed methods <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s44183-025-00113-w" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s44183-025</span><span class="invisible">-00113-w</span></a> 🦭 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seals</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineMammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineMammals</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineBiology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pinnipeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pinnipeds</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OceanNoise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceanNoise</span></a></p>
Jon Bowie<p>Harbour <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seals</span></a> on the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/coast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coast</span></a> of the Isle Of <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Mull" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mull</span></a></p>
Michael Kohlman<p>Seallapalooza!</p><p>Another image taken with my new Sony 400-800mm G Lens. This being what appeared to be a pretty fun Seal Party going on on Bird Island off of 17th Mile Drive, CA.</p><p>Admittedly I was a bit nervous when I pre-ordered this monster as it is the largest lens investment I have personally ever made. But even with the rather brief local wildlife shoot today, and with most settings on auto, I am delighted to have this in my kit now. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SeaLions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLions</span></a></p>
Michael Kohlman<p>First day out with my new Sony 400-800mm G Lens. It did not disappoint. One of the many impressive shots today was this Harbor Gal with a newborn Pup (8am PDT this morning according to the guide at the Hopkins Beach Rookery in Pacific Grove). If you look real close, you can still see the umbilical on the Pup.</p><p>Taken at the full 800mm. This is simply a shot I could not have been able to get before.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NaturePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NaturePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/HarborSeals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarborSeals</span></a></p>
DrD<p>Wellington NZ - walk along the coastal track to Red Rocks seal colony. NZ just doing its natural beauty thing. <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/wellington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wellington</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nz/tags/seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seals</span></a></p>
hawaiianeye797 (Craig F)<p>Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seals last summer on an <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Oahu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oahu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Hawaii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hawaii</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/reef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reef</span></a> . Your <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sealife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sealife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/photooftheday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photooftheday</span></a></p><p>Find me at @hawaiianeye797.bsky.social</p><p>Selling prints - DM me. <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/thowback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thowback</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Thursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thursday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/creature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>creature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pacificocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pacificocean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/marinelife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marinelife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/outdoors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outdoors</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/explore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>explore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>earth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/scuba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scuba</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/discover" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>discover</span></a></p>
Sophia Jane Hayden, Author<p>I parked one evening to watch the seals at a Marina in Oceanside, CA and saw dozens of water birds perched. A bit Hitchcockian. <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersCoffeeClub</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/bird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bird</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seals</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>travel</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Writers</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/WritersLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritersLife</span></a> <a href="https://indieauthors.social/tags/Author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Author</span></a></p>
Adrianna Tan<p>I heard a group of people erupt into loud, massive belly-extending laughter. Walked over and said what’s so funny? And they said they were discussing hilarious facts about elephant seals</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marine</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seals</span></a></p>
Noel J. Penaflor<p><a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/seal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seal</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seals</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/Pic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pic</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/pictures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pictures</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/picture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>picture</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/pics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pics</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/animal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animal</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/cute" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cute</span></a> <a href="https://sunny.garden/tags/cuteanimal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cuteanimal</span></a></p>
Kate :verigold:<p>Experiments show grey seals can monitor their own blood oxygen levels to prevent drowning <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-03-gray-blood-oxygen.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-03-gray-blo</span><span class="invisible">od-oxygen.html</span></a> 🦭 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seals</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineMammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineMammals</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineBiology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pinnipeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pinnipeds</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>And up come he to her bed fit,<br>And a grumlie guest I’m sure was he,<br>Saying, “Here am I, thy bairnie’s faither<br>Although I may not comely be.”</p><p>—The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry (traditional)</p><p>Illustration: Vernon Hill, “The Great Sealchie of Sule Skerrie”, in Ballads Weird and Wonderful by Richard Pearse Chope (John Lane, 1912)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ballad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/folksong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folksong</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/folklore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>folklore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Orkney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Orkney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/selkie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>selkie</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/InternationalSealDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalSealDay</span></a></p>
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Spread the seal-y joy! Today join me in seal-ebrating International Day Of The Seal 🦭

Here's one of my favourite #seal photos, taken a few years ago on the East Yorkshire Coast. Pulling a very silly pose!

Want more silly seals to brighten your day? I have a bunch of cute and funny seal photos in my appropriately named "I 💙 Seals" portfolio -
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photo of seal for international Seal day
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Assoc for Scottish Literature

You’d know her house by the drawn blinds –
by the cormorants pitched on the boundary wall,
the black crosses of their wings hung out to dry…

—Robin Robertson, “At Roane Head” – winner of the Forward prize for best single poem, 2009
Published in The Wrecking Light, Picador 2010

Today, 22 March, is the International Day of the Seal

Listen to Robin Robertson reading the poem here:

theguardian.com/books/video/20

At Roane Head Robin Robertson for John Burnside You’d know her house by the drawn blinds – by the cormorants pitched on the boundary wall, the black crosses of their wings hung out to dry. You’d tell it by the quicken and the pine that hid it from the sea and from the brief light of the sun, and by Aonghas the collie, lying at the door where he died: a rack of bones like a sprung trap. A fork of barnacle geese came over, with that slow squeak of rusty saws. The bitter sea’s complaining pull and roll; a whicker of pigeons, lifting in the wood. She’d had four sons, I knew that well enough, and each one wrong. All born blind, they say, slack-jawed and simple, web-footed, rickety as sticks. Beautiful faces, I’m told, though blank as air. Someone saw them once, outside, hirpling down to the shore, chittering like rats, and said they were fine swimmers, but I would have guessed at that. Her husband left her: said they couldn’t be his, they were more fish than human; he said they were beglamoured, and searched their skin for the showing marks. For years she tended each difficult flame: their tight, flickering bodies.
Each night she closed the scales of their eyes to smoor the fire. Until he came again, that last time, thick with drink, saying he’d had enough of this, all this witchery, and made them stand in a row by their beds, twitching. Their hands flapped; herring-eyes rolled in their heads. He went along the line relaxing them one after another with a small knife. They say she goes out every night to lay blankets on the graves to keep them warm. It would put the heart across you, all that grief. There was an otter worrying in the leaves, a heron loping slow over the water when I came at scraich of day, back to her door. She’d hung four stones in a necklace, wore four rings on the hand that led me past the room with four small candles burning which she called ‘the room of rain’. Milky smoke poured up from the grate like a waterfall in reverse and she said my name, and it was the only thing and the last thing that she said. She gave me a skylark’s egg in a bed of frost; gave me twists of my four sons’ hair; gave me her husband’s head in a wooden box. Then she gave me the sealskin, and I put it on.
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