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Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus).
The bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) is an adept diver that feeds primarily on clams and other bottom-dwelling animals found on the Arctic seafloor. It is believed that these seals utilize their characteristic bushy, bristly whiskers to scrape along the seabed to locate their prey.1