Good afternoon! For this week’s blog, I dug deep and went about 4 years back into my camera roll and found this picture of seal. I know it’s kind of cheating to use an animal I saw at an aquarium and not in the wild, but this picture was too cute to not use. I saw this seal at the New England Aquarium, which is a very fine place I hope to visit again soon. Seals such as this one live fairly peaceful lives in the wild, basking on rocks and swimming for prey such as fish and penguins and stuff. Seals such as these have a layer of blubber to insulate themselves from the frigid ocean waters; this blubber is utilized for many purposes in some cultures, including as candle fuel and very, very uncomfortable hats.