Weddell seal

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The Weddell seal is a large, deep-diving Antarctic seal species known for living year-round on sea ice and for its remarkable ability to vocalize underwater.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of a weddell seal (The Weddell seal is a large, deep-diving Antarctic seal species known for living year-round on sea ice and for its remarkable ability to vocalize underwater.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Weddell seal canonical 14
Weddell seals 6
Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mammal ⓘ
marine mammal ⓘ
pinniped ⓘ
seal ⓘ
true seal ⓘ
adaptation ability to slow heart rate during dives ⓘ
large blood volume for oxygen storage ⓘ
specialized teeth for maintaining breathing holes in ice ⓘ
thick blubber layer for insulation ⓘ
behavior lives year-round on Antarctic sea ice ⓘ
binomialName Leptonychotes weddellii ⓘ
linked to: Leptonychotes
bodyLength around 2.5 to 3 meters in adults ⓘ
bodyMass up to about 600 kilograms in large adults ⓘ
breathingBehavior maintains breathing holes in fast ice ⓘ
breedingSeason austral spring ⓘ
class Mammalia ⓘ
coatColor gray to dark gray with lighter mottling ⓘ
communication complex underwater calls ⓘ
conservationStatus Least Concern ⓘ
diet crustaceans ⓘ
fish ⓘ
squid ⓘ
distribution circumpolar around Antarctica ⓘ
divingBehavior can remain submerged for more than an hour ⓘ
dives to several hundred meters depth ⓘ
family Phocidae ⓘ
genus Leptonychotes ⓘ
habitat coastal Antarctic waters ⓘ
sea ice ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lifespan can exceed 20 years in the wild ⓘ
lifestyle deep-diving ⓘ
ice-associated ⓘ
namedAfter James Weddell ⓘ
nativeTo Antarctic region ⓘ
linked to: Antarctica
notableFor ability to dive to great depths ⓘ
underwater vocalizations ⓘ
order Carnivora ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
predators killer whale ⓘ
leopard seal ⓘ
range primarily south of the Antarctic Circle ⓘ
reproduction gives birth on sea ice ⓘ
single pup per breeding season is typical ⓘ
sexualDimorphism females often slightly larger than males ⓘ
socialStructure aggregates on ice during breeding ⓘ
generally solitary when foraging ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
threats climate change impacts on sea ice habitat ⓘ
trophicLevel carnivore ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Antarctic Peninsula → hasWildlife → Weddell seal ⓘ
Weddell Sea → inhabitedBy → Weddell seal ⓘ
Paradise Bay → typicalWildlife → Weddell seals ⓘ
linked to: Weddell seal
Ross Sea → notableSpecies → Weddell seal ⓘ
Brown Base → hasNearbyWildlife → Weddell seals ⓘ
linked to: Weddell seal
Half Moon Island → hasWildlife → Weddell seal ⓘ
CCAS → speciesCovered → Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddellii) ⓘ
linked to: Weddell seal
Antarctic toothfish → preyedUponBy → Weddell seal ⓘ
McMurdo Sound → hasWildlife → Weddell seals ⓘ
linked to: Weddell seal
Terra Nova Bay → ecosystemFeature → Weddell seals ⓘ
linked to: Weddell seal
Phocidae → hasNotableSpecies → Weddell seal ⓘ
Cape Hallett → hasWildlife → Weddell seal ⓘ
Gerlache Strait → wildlifeIncludes → Weddell seals ⓘ
linked to: Weddell seal
Marguerite Bay → hasFauna → Weddell seal ⓘ
Leptonychotes → commonName → Weddell seal genus ⓘ
linked to: Weddell seal
Palmer Archipelago → typicalWildlife → Weddell seal ⓘ
Baily Head → hasWildlife → Weddell seal ⓘ
ASPA 124 → protectsSpecies → Weddell seal ⓘ
Davis Station → wildlife → Weddell seals ⓘ
linked to: Weddell seal
Ross Archipelago → hasWildlife → Weddell seal ⓘ