Bearded seal

Photo By/Credit

Labunski, Elizabeth/USFWS

Date Shot/Created
05/14/2006
Media Usage Rights/License
Public Domain
Image
Photo was taken in the northern Bering Sea. Bearded seals are important prey food for polar bears. Also hunted for subsistence by the Inuit people.
Species
Erignathus barbatus
Subject tags
Marine mammals
Mammals
Endangered and/or Threatened species