🦭 Harbor seal vs Walrus 🦭
The walrus is about twice as long as the harbor seal. The walrus weighs about 15 times as much as the harbor seal.
| Row | 🦭 Harbor seal | 🦭 Walrus |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed We don't have a checked number for the harbor seal yet. | no checked number yet | 22 mph35 km/h1 |
| Weight The walrus weighs about 15 times as much as the harbor seal. | 181 to 284 lb82 to 129 kg2 | 1.9 tons1.7 tonnes3 |
| Lives We don't have a checked number for the walrus yet. | 25 to 30 years25 to 30 years2 | no checked number yet |
| Eats The harbor seal eats fish; the walrus eats meat. | fish, squid and crabs | clams, snails, worms and other animals of the sea floor |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | cool coasts of the North Atlantic and North Pacific oceans | Arctic seas and shores around Alaska, Canada, Greenland and Russia |
Which one? Harbor seal or walrus
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the harbor seal yet, so there is no race.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed.
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The link carries only the two animals’ names: peabody.kids/animals/compare/harbor-seal-vs-walrus
Where these numbers come from
- National Park Service, Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, checked 30 October 2026.
- NOAA Fisheries, checked 30 October 2026.
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, checked 30 October 2026.
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Pacific Walrus Species Status Assessment (PDF), checked 30 October 2026.