seals

Photo by Hingham Police.

Hingham Police report:

Resident requests officer check on seal in their backyard today. Appears uninjured. NE Aquarium requests people leave alone.

Patty Neal went to the Aquarium yesterday and spotted a seal that appeared to be pining for the fjords:

One of the harbor seals at the NE Aquarium was laying at the bottom of the tank not moving. I don't think he was asleep.

This morning, the Aquarium replied that the seal really was resting:

In molting season the seals slow down and can even grow algae.

Molting seals.

Surrounded by police tape to keep the curious away.

Paul Marotta photographed a herd of seals on a Provincetown beach yesterday.

Copyright Paul Marotta. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Harp seal in a Gloucester marsh off Rte. 128.