The seal, an adult male who has been dubbed Polaris in ... "He has significant discharge from the left ear, several puncture wounds with associated infection, trauma to the mandible with ...

They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member is the walrus), Otariidae (the eared seals: sea lions and fur seals), and Phocidae (the earless, or true seals). Seals range ...