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The Gray Seal is considered a medium size seal with the males averaging 7-8 feet (2.1-2.4 m) in length and weighing 660-770 pounds (300-350 kgs). The females average 6.5 feet (2 m) long and can weigh 330-450 pounds (150-200 kgs).

The Gray Seal is also known as the Atlantic Grey Seal and the Horsehead Seal. They can be found on both shores of the North Atlantic Ocean.

• The Gray Seal is nicknamed "Horsehead" because their profile is similar to a horse. Their heads are their most distinctive feature.

• The diet of the Gray Seal consists of fish, sand eels, cod, flatfish, herring and skates. They have also been known to eat octopus and lobsters.

• The Gray Seal is very common to New York and New Jersey waters.

• Marine mammals are all protected in the United States by the Marine Mammal Protection Act.


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