Seal - Factual Writing In My Own Words

Today in class, we were learning to do factual writing in our own words, last week I published writing about wolverines now I did seals. 

Here's my factual writing 

Seals

There are only about 10,000 New Zealand sea lions left in New Zealand. The largest seal in the world is a southern elephant seal, some elephant seals are as heavy as a small truck weighing up to 3,700 kgs. The elephant seal moves very slowly because they’re very big and it wastes a lot of their energy.

Seals are found in every ocean and have streamlined bodies so they can swim under water. They have long whiskers to help them find prey by sensing movement in the waters, and four powerful flippers. Seals have a layer of skin underneath their skin called blubber. Blubber keeps them warm in cold water and also helps them float in the rough ocean.

 Some types of seals can breathe underwater for one hour, because they can hold a lot of oxygen in their blood which helps them hold their breath for longer. Although seals don’t just live in water, they can still go on land.

 

The Seals diet consists of mainly fish and squid. Once a year female seals called cows, go out to sea to give birth. When a mother seal goes to hunt out in the sea, she leaves her pup behind. When the mother seal returns she calls to her pup by barking loud. Each mother has their own special voice and smell, so does each pup.  

Information from - Seals susan brocker (book)