The sea puppy ( funny seal )

seal, any of 32 species of web-footed aquatic mammals that live specially in bloodless seas and whose body shape, spherical at the middle and tapered at the ends, is tailored to swift and swish swimming

. There are two sorts of seals: the earless, or true, seals (family Phocidae); and the eared seals (family Otariidae), which comprise the sea lions and fur seals. In addition to the presence of external ears, eared seals have longer flippers than do earless seals. Also, the fur of eared seals is greater apparent, specially in sea lions.