These seals are playing with a diver

These seals are playing with a diver

Its life expectancy can reach 25 years for the male, and 35 years for the female; it varies greatly according to life zones and subpopulations or subspecies. At haulout sites, when the water rises or falls, it adopts the characteristic 'bow' or 'banana' position, with head erect and hind limbs raised and clamped together, out of the water, in order to limit contact with wet and cold soil (sand bank, rock, seaweed) and allow it to dry Note 1, thus delaying its movement due to the tide as much as possible.