Today we visited the Cornwall Seal Sanctuary.

Things learnt:

• Seals often swim or float upside down so their eyes are underwater and they can find food easier
• Seals sometimes roll over to move left or right
• Sea Lions are more upright than seals and can sort of walk on their front flippers, unlike seals that just flop along on their belly
• Walrus’s have big tusks
• Puffins are really good swimmers, there is an underwater viewing area where we watched the puffins flapping their wings underwater to swim. They are really fast.
• Puffins are small birds, only 25cm tall
• When flying puffins flap their wings 600 times a minute and can reach speeds of up to 58mph
• Puffins like to eat sand eels