Pinnipeds (from Latin ''pinna "''wing or fin" and ''ped- "''foot"), or fin-footed mammals, are a widely distributed and diverse group of semi-aquatic marine

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Seals Seals may refer to: * Pinniped, a diverse group of semi-aquatic marine mammals, many of which are commonly called seals, particularly: ** Earless seal, or "true seal" ** Fur seal * Seal (emblem), a device to impress an emblem, used as a means of a ...

, sea lions, and walruses are well-known examples of pinnipeds. In addition to inspiring the names for many sports teams (such as the three sports teams in the San Francisco, California area known as "the

"), pinnipeds have also inspired a number of fictional characters, creatures, and entities across human culture and media.

Seals and sea lions

* In

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, the magical seal on whose back Sæmundur Sigfússon traveled from Europe to Iceland. * Bobbie, a seal hostess of the second season of the Canadian adult animated television series '' Life's a Zoo'' * Chip, a seal from ''

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'' * Fluke, Rudder and Gerald, sea lions from '' Finding Dory'' * Flynn, an elephant seal in '' Ice Age 4: Continental Drift'' * Pup, a seal from ''

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'' * Stefano, a sea lion in '' Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted'' * Havoc, also known as Lang in Japan, an anthropomorphic seal who is the main protagonist of the video game ''

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'' * Hunter, a leopard seal in '' The Penguins of Madagascar'' * Short Fuse, a harp seal in the '' Penguins of Madagascar'' * Sophie, a circus seal whom Dr. Dolittle befriends and helps escape back to the ocean, in Doctor Dolittle's Circus

and also in '' Dr. Dolittle (film), Dr. Dolittle'' * Lou Seal: mascot for the San Francisco Giants * Kotick: the main character in Rudyard Kipling's short story ''The White Seal'', later made into a cartoon by

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* Salty, a seal that appears in the Disney cartoons ''Pluto's Playmate'' and ''Mickey and the Seal'' and later in '' Mickey's Mouseworks,'' '' House of Mouse'' and '' Mickey Mouse Clubhouse'' * The title character of '' Andre'' * Skæg, a seal sea captain in the Danish comics series '' Rasmus Klump''. * Slappy the sea lion from the film ''

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'' * Sully, a sea lion from '' Danger Rangers'' * Thornton, a harbor seal from '' Shark Bait'' * Whiskers from ''

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'' * Esmeralda the sea lion from the Disney version of ''

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'' * The

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company characters

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* The main characters of '' Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss'' * Sandy, an orphaned seal from the film ''

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'' * Sparky, an escaped seal in the episode "Love and Sandy" from the 1964 television series '' Flipper'' * Wolfgang the Seal, former character from '' Sesame Street'' * At the end of the fantasy novel ''

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'', there is a mention of ''Homo sapiens pinnipedia'' at the end; a wereseal. This mention is expanded upon in Kitty's House of Horrors, where the heroine meets a were-seal, Alaskan state legislator Lee. * Robby, friend of Pingu. * Robby, a friend of Lars from '' The Little Polar Bear'' * The titular character of ''

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'' who is a

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seal * Smaxey, the former seal mascot of Kellogg's Sugar Smacks. * Sneezly, Hanna Barbera's sneezing seal from ''

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''.

Walruses

* The Walrus from Lewis Carroll's poem " The Walrus and the Carpenter" * Capn' Cragg, a walrus from ''

'' * Chumley, the walrus sidekick to Tennessee Tuxedo (the Penguin) * Coach Whistler, a walrus who lives in the Land of Play in '' Jim Henson's Pajanimals'' * Dash, a walrus from '' The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea'' * Hercule Moustache, a grumpy walrus with a French accent, live in Mossy Bay in '' 64 Zoo Lane'' * Jim McSweeney from the second issue of '' The Adventures of Sly Cooper'' *The Sea Vitch, a rude walrus in Rudyard Kipling's short story ''The White Seal'' *Thrasher, a walrus in ''Tappy Toes'' *

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* Rotor Walrus, a technician walrus from ''

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'' *Whoopie the walrus in '' Rocket: Robot on Wheels'' * Winthrop, a walrus in ''Piper Penguin and His Fantastic Flying Machines'' * Kapitein Wal Rus, a sea captain in '' Tom Poes''. * Captain Thames in '' Xenogears'' * The cruel walruses in the movie adaptation of '' The Jungle Bunch'', a Canadian-American children's show * Wozza, a walrus who lives in a cave in Freezeezy Peak in ''

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'' * A walrus named Rusty Walrus who appeared in

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during the level of High Seas Hi-Jinks, who chases Crash which he calls fresh meat for his pot.

References

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