Sometimes animals have names that just don’t make any sense! A Purple finch isn’t purple, not all ladybugs are female, a sea cucumber isn’t an underwater vegetable, and don’t forget silverfish, which definitely aren’t fish! Well, the Crabeater seal isn’t any different.
There are lots of things a Crabeater seal could be named after; their bodies are built for speed and they are one of the fastest seals when moving on land. With around 15 million of them, Crabeater seals have the largest population of all pinniped (aquatic meat-eating mammals with fins for feet like seals, walruses, and sea lions). Their teeth are even specially designed for eating krill (not crab), which makes up about 95% of their diet. Instead of all of these cool traits, the Crabeater seal is named after crabs, a crustacean that isn’t even found in the Antarctic, where these seals live. Oh well! You know what they say…a rose by any other name would smell just as sweet.
I agree Ave
Purple finches are PINK?!! 😉
They are so cute
Why do they name them that if it has nothing to with with whatever they eat ???
Personally, I like the purple finch…
Also I’m wondering if any of you guys do like read Nat Geo kids cause I am planning on trying to post something… anyway let’s see one of my favorite animals is seals so I don’t really have a problem with this like being up there I do think it’s kind of cute as a purple finch it’s not purple I’m wondering if any of you would like to be my friend??❤️
Chicadees because brown is not very chick.
Who even came up with these names?
The sea cucumber looks a little bit weird but I love them
I think crab eater seals should be named krill seals.