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As with gray whales, several types of ice seals — which include ringed, spotted and bearded seals — started showing up skinny or dead around the Chukchi and Bering seas in 2018, spurring a federal investigation.

Hop had studied these waters for decades, watching walrus, bearded seals and belugas.

Austin Taylor, of Lerwick, Shetland, won the wildlife portrait category with a picture of a bearded seal at Shetland's Hamnavoe Marina.

Could it be made of the intestines of a spotted, ringed or bearded seal or maybe a walrus or beluga whale?

Considered talented swimmers, their diet mainly consists of ringed and bearded seals because they need large amounts of fat to survive.