Phoca largha
Spotted Seal
胡麻斑海豹(ゴマフアザラシ)
Photograph by Baikada (ばいかだ)
*CANON EOS 1D Mark III*
野生のゴマフアザラシは、警戒心がやや低い。海の獣全般的に言えるが、意外と人間を怖がらず、好奇心でこちらを観察することも多い。
Wild Spotted seals are not cautious. Although it can say to marine mammals whole target, they are not unexpectedly afraid of man. Rather, they observe man by curiosity in many cases.
リラックスしているゴマフアザラシを見ていると、寝ているようで意外と動き回っている。しかし、陸上では間抜けな動きが多い。この個体は、ひげを水の中に入れたまましばらく寝てしまったのだろう。ひげに氷の塊がくっついてしまって邪魔そうだ。
When I watch a harbor seal, they are relaxed and seem to sleep, but move unexpectedly. However, they have much foolish movement in the land. This individual might slept for a while with the mustache put in water. A lump of the ice sticks to the mustache and seems to be obstructive.
Phoca largha
Spotted Seal
胡麻斑海豹(ゴマフアザラシ)
Photograph by Baikada (ばいかだ)
*CANON EOS 1D Mark III*
邪魔ものが取れた後は、またゆっくりくつろぎだす。しかし、周りの音や動きには敏感に反応し、首をもたげる。呑気なようでいて、やはり野生動物なりの警戒心を持ってはいるようだ。
He begins to make himself at home slowly again after an obstacle was removed. However, he reacts to a sound and the movement of the circumference sensitively and raises a neck. It seems that he is so that he may be easy, and he has the wariness of a wild animal too.
つまり、アザラシは人間が海に飛び込んでまで襲ってこないことを知っていて、至近距離ながらも、自分たち有利な間合いを知っているのだ。
In other words the seal knows that we do not attack it a human being jumping into the sea. And he know oneself advantageous distance even if they are close range with us.
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