For example, the harbour seal is "the curious sea dog".
Tollit, D. J. et al. Variation in harbour seal Phoca vitulina diet and dive-depths in relation to foraging habitat.
One of the five suggested was the harbour seal and, as with the other four, SNH also gave the local names for them.
But unless you are planning on rolling down to the Opera House and lounging around the steps like a harbour seal afterwards, it's better to stick to three or four courses.
7 species of the Northern Hemisphere: the Baikal seal, Caspian seal, harbour seal, harp seal, ribbon seal, ringed seal, and spotted seal. 2 species of the Mediterranean Sea and Hawaii.
The sophistication of this sixth seal sense has just been shown by Wolf Hanke and Sven Wieskotten of the University of Rostock, in Germany, working in collaboration with Henry, a 12-year-old harbour seal who has a long history of assisting in such experiments.
A glorious welter of black fins and flukes, they were interacting with paradoxical sensitivity, ignorant of my presence, or of the sole harbour seal that stayed at the edge of the surf, as if reluctant to share the waves with these cavorting behemoths.
The bird of prey was competing against the red deer, red squirrel, harbour seal and otter.
The golden eagle topped the Big 5 vote, triumphing over the red deer, red squirrel, harbour seal and otter.
The red squirrel was second with 2,523, the red deer 1,819, otter 1,794 and harbour seal 725.
He is lending his voice to a new radio campaign as part of a £350,000 drive to showcase Scotland's "Big 5" indigenous animals - red deer, otter, harbour seal, red squirrel and golden eagle.
