2013 $1 Polar Series Weddell Seal Coloured Uncirculated Coin

Mottle-coated Weddell Seals can grow up to 3.5 metres in length and 600 kilograms in weight. They spend their lives in the sea ice-zone around Antarctica. Their diet consists of fish, small crustaceans and cephalopods. The seals’ gentle nature and “smiling”, upturned mouth suggests a quiet creature but the whistling, chirping and booming sounds they produce during mating season are loud enough to be felt through the Antarctic ice.