Hooded Seal
Cystophora cristata
Marine fish, shrimp and other crustaceans, octopus and squid.
Humans
The male’s inflatable “hood” and red nose balloon.
Cystophora borealis and Phoca cristata. The first means “bladder-bearer of the north,” and the second means "crested seal." Also, bladdernose seal. Pups are called Blue-backs.
Off the coasts of the Northern Atlantic and Arctic Oceans.
Hooded seal
Around Labrador, Greenland, Norway, sometimes Maine and Alaska.
35 years
7 to 8 feet.
Humans, killer whales, polar bears and Greenland sharks.