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--Boundary_(ID_ON5aW06Fchw+l+f3Jnqr5w) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Thanks, Don! Cheers from Jim Begin forwarded message: > From: "Bowen, Don" <BowenD@mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca> > Date: April 3, 2008 10:42:20 AM ADT > To: "James W. Wolford" <jimwolford@eastlink.ca> > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] seal ID request > > Somewhat difficult from this photo. But I'd bet from the > colouration and > size of the hind flippers that it is a young grey seal. > Nostrils and teeth are more diagnostic. However if the attentive > female > was a harbour seal then it may well be a harbour seal pup. > Difficult one. > > D > > -----Original Message----- > From: James W. Wolford [mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca] > Sent: April 2, 2008 8:58 PM > To: Bowen, Don > Cc: zoelucas@greenhorsesociety.ca; Jim Wolford > Subject: Fwd: [NatureNS] seal ID request > > Don and Zoe, can you please help with the identity of this small seal? > Thanks from Jim et al. > > > Begin forwarded message: > > > From: Terri Crane <terri.crane@ns.sympatico.ca> > Date: April 2, 2008 12:08:14 PM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] seal ID request > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > > Hi Randy. > > Well it's not a Harp , Hooded, Ribbon, Ringed, or Grey Seal pup > because of the extensive spotting and it's size. Ranges make it highly > unlikely to be some of the other smaller northern seals. > > It's the right size and has the same motteled look of the young > Harbour Seals. So my bet is that your Corect and it is a Harbour Seal. > > > Please let us all know when you get a chance to study the skull! > > > Tom K > Canso > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Randy Lauff <mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com> > To: naturens <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 9:45 AM > Subject: [NatureNS] seal ID request > > All, > > I'm assuming this pup is a Harbour Seal...it was found > dead on the shore in Antigonish Harbour. Can anyone confirm? > > http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/photos/picture003.jpg > <http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/photos/picture003.jpg> > > There were no apparent injuries to it, an attentive > adult was just off shore when it was found by a friend of mine. > Randy > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. > > --Boundary_(ID_ON5aW06Fchw+l+f3Jnqr5w) Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; = -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Thanks, Don!=A0 Cheers from = Jim<BR><DIV><BR><DIV>Begin forwarded message:</DIV><BR = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type=3D"cite"><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><B>From: = </B></FONT><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">"Bowen, Don" <<A = href=3D"mailto:BowenD@mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca">BowenD@mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca</A>><= /FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><B>Date: </B></FONT><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">April 3, 2008 10:42:20 AM = ADT</FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><B>To: </B></FONT><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">"James W. Wolford" <<A = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">jimwolford@eastlink.ca</A>></FON= T></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><B>Subject: </B></FONT><FONT face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><B>RE: [NatureNS] seal ID = request</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; = "><BR></DIV> <DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Somewhat difficult from this = photo. But I'd bet from the colouration and</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top:= 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">size of = the hind flippers that it is a young grey seal.</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Nostrils and teeth are more diagnostic. However if = the attentive female</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">was a harbour seal then it = may well be a harbour seal pup.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Difficult = one.</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">D</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; = "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-----Original = Message-----</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From: James W. Wolford [<A = href=3D"mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca">mailto:jimwolford@eastlink.ca</A>]<= SPAN class=3D"Apple-converted-space">=A0</SPAN></DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">Sent: April 2, 2008 8:58 PM</DIV><DIV = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">To: Bowen, Don</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Cc: <A = href=3D"mailto:zoelucas@greenhorsesociety.ca">zoelucas@greenhorsesociety.c= a</A>; Jim Wolford</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom