By: Ariana Gonzalez and Heather York

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Habitat•Harp seals live in cold areas such as the Arctic and coastal waters or on pack ice.

•They are located in the Arctic, the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and Siberia.

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POPULATION

• Their population has gone down in the last decade. People say this is because of global warming. There are 6 million harp seals in the Arctic Ocean today when there use to be around 9 million. Many people believe they won’t be around much longer.

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Ice Loss

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The harp seals ice is slowly melting away because of global warming. Soon all there will be is slush. Harp seals will eventually start dieing off.

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Enemies The harp seal is enemies with:

1. Killer whales

2. Sharks

3. Polar Bears

4. Canadian hunters

These are their enemies because they kill the harp seals.

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What They Eat

Harp seals eat many small fish, big fish, and jelly fish. They eat the jellies because they think they are big fish. Their young eat crab.

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Why people are scared for

them!!!

Many people are scared for them because they want their children and grandchildren to be able to see them. Many people are trying to save them just like they are for the polar bears. Many people believe if you put them in a huge tank like the one at sea world they would be saved because of the cold water but what some people don’t realize is that they need ice.

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Global warming is making it so that all

the ice is melting. This is making the

population of the harp seals go down

because they will have no ice to go on. Harp seals don’t live only in the water and can’t swim for very

long. This means that some of the seals are

drowning.

What is happening now?

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Sometimes when harp seals go looking for their food in the cold water the ice is blocking the surface. The seals then have to make a tunnel going up through the piece of ice.

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It is believed that

Many people believe that seals belong at Sea World. This would help them for a little while but soon the tank would get over crowded. It is also not good because they need ice and there is no ice in the tanks at sea world.http://www.gettyimages.com/

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Global Warming Is When…….

Global warming is when the earth heats up and makes the atmospheres temperature rise.

This is dangerous because green house gasses can kill humans,animals,plants and even sea life.

The green house effect is when the heat gets trapped in the atmosphere and can not escape

THE GREEN HOUSE EFFECT

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They are not only being killed from global warming they are also killed

by…………..• Canada is also killing seals by hunting them• They are hunting them for there fur• They use the fur for jackets, hats, shoes, and

blankets

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Interesting facts•Harp seals eat many different fish.•They live in the arctic.•Their population is going down because of global warming.•When harp seals have babies their babies are all white.•They have thick short fur, some are white with black patches, or they are black with white patches.

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Description

• They are white and black and have patches.

• Harp seals could also be gray and really smooth looking instead of looking fluffy and white.

• When harp seals have babies they are fully white and have some gray patches.

About where they live

– They live in arctic areas like the arctic ocean

– The arctic ocean also contains much more animals besides the harp seals it has polar bears, sharks,whales, and fish

– It has many ice glaciers

Pictures of harp sealshttp://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/seven-darn-cute-baby-animal-photos.php

http://www.endthread.com/2010_04_01_archive.html

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/03/seal-hunt-more-humane.php

http://www.squidoo.com/baby-snow-seal-story

You can Stop global warming by……..

• You can help by not polluting the earth and helping reduce your trash.

• You can join groups and pick up trash around the water.

• Use your car less.

• Use energy saving light bulbs.

You could make a difference

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