How to Use harp seal in a Sentence

harp seal

noun

• Think of robots like Paro the baby harp seal that can help the elderly stop feeling lonely.
  — James Vincent, The Verge, 17 June 2019
• Along with gray and harbor seals, the mix includes occasional harp seals and hooded seals.
  — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 22 Jan. 2018
• During this short period, harp seal moms feed their young nonstop before abandoning them on the ice.
  — Brian Handwerk, National Geographic, 10 May 2019
• On Friday, a harp seal pup washed ashore with a small plastic film in its gut, a rare case because seals generally don’t mistake plastic for food.
  — Elaina Zachos, National Geographic, 4 June 2018
• But finding a harp seal, which generally live in the Arctic, was unusual.
  — David Doubilet, National Geographic, 31 May 2018
• According to Provazza, harp seals are solitary animals, though they are often seen in groups.
  — Abigail Feldman, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• Lion moms may live with their daughters for life, harp seals must cram every bit of their maternal care into less than two weeks, and many lizards never meet their offspring at all.
  — Brian Handwerk, National Geographic, 8 May 2020
• This herd of harp seal females hauled out and gave birth in late February, but a storm demolished the early sea ice that formed in late January and early February.
  — Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021
• Before heading out, participants are briefed on harp seal biology, etiquette, and safety on the ice.
  — Jennifer Hayes, National Geographic, 19 Dec. 2019
• Getting there The world of the harp seal isn’t just for professional photographers or extreme adventurers.
  — Jennifer Hayes, National Geographic, 19 Dec. 2019
• And the country’s Paro robot, a therapeutic bot that mimics a baby harp seal, is used in nursing homes to engage and entertain dementia patients.
  — James Vincent, The Verge, 20 Dec. 2018
• In this image, Jennifer Hayes, on assignment for Traveler magazine, shows a mother harp seal coaxing her pup into the sea for a swimming lesson.
  — Joel Sartore, National Geographic, 21 Nov. 2019
• Modeled after a baby harp seal and deliberately scaled to the weight of a human infant, Paro coos and wiggles and blinks its unnervingly expressive eyes when it is held.
  — Kate Knibbs, Wired, 22 June 2020

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