Here at the New England Aquarium the Atlantic harbor seals are ready for Spring! Reggae can barely contain his excitment for the coming warm weather. It's been a long and snowy winter! Check out Reggae's flashy speed swim. Look closely at the beginning and you can see him practically launch himself out of the water he's so excited.



In the wild, swimming fast is important to avoid predators and to move around quickly. He certainly can swim fast! Reggae also shows how quickly harbor seals can turn and maneuver in the water. 



Check out some other speed swimming seals, and speaking of launching out of the water!

Happy Spring!

In today's New Balance Foundation Fitness Friday post we take a look at the two different ways that our seals get around in the water. And they can certainly move it! Take a look at this video of Cordova and Reggae doing some speed swimming.



The moral of the story here is that there are lots of ways to be active. So get moving!

Isaac has already showed us his impressive strength with a flipper stand. Another way these seals can show off their incredibly strong flippers is by doing the ever impressive speed swim. Fur seals can swim at impressive speeds, said to be over 10 mph!





Watch how easily Ursula glides through the water at a high speed.



Her trainers worked up her distance by starting close to the end point and gradually increased the distance. She can now swim the entire length of the pool! On average, people can swim at around 3 mph. Can you beat that?

-Lindsay