They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member is the walrus), Otariidae (the eared seals: sea lions and fur seals), and Phocidae (the earless, or true seals). Seals range ...

Mr Friedrich said the photo was "so well framed in the sea weeds and with the light coming from the back in the shallow waters" and was "completed by the curious look of the seal".