Mammals of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
The 2 mammals you can find at Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, like the Harbor seal — sizes, diets, and whether you should worry.
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Mammal Harbor seal
Phoca vitulina
A gray, dog-snouted true seal that rests hauled out on rocks and floating glacier ice, bobbing in Alaska fjords with ear holes and no ear flaps.
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Mammal Humpback whale
Megaptera novaeangliae
A giant ocean mammal famous for breaching and long songs, following the food to Glacier Bay every summer to eat until its blubber is thick again.