Plastic Galapagos Island Fur Seal

A unique and exotic addition to any nature collection!

Our Plastic Galapagos Island Fur Seal

Our plastic Galapagos fur seal is realistic enough for your animal collection, school projects including Galapagos Island dioramas, or to be used as a toy, addition to your miniature zoo, and much more. Add them to an aquatic themed birthday cake! This little plastic seal measures almost 2 1/4 inches diagonally from his tail to its nose. The words "FUR SEAL" are moulded into the bottom. Please check out our other seal toys and gifts.

About Galapagos Fur Seals

The Galapagos fur seal (Arctocephalus galapagoensis) is named for the shape of its head, which is said to resemble that of a bear ("arctos" means "bear," and "cephalus" means "head"). They live only in the Galapagos Islands and feed on fish, squid, and octopus. Sea lions also live in the Galapagos, but the seals and sea lions don't apparently share territories or compete for food. The seals live on and around rocks with caves in them along the islands' rugged coasts. The pups nurse longer than other fur seal species, and stay with their mothers for up to three years. The species is considered Vulnerable by the IUCN. Hunting in the 19th Century depleted the numbers of these fur seals, and more recently, depletions of their food fish have affected their numbers.

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Plastic hermit crab looks rather friendly

Here's our beautiful, big hermit crab - one of the latest aquatic toys (replicas) in Tapir and Friends Wildlife World toy store. We look for things we know you'll like, and we are dedicated to the realistic animals as much as possible. It's getting harder and harder to find realistic toy animals these days, but we think everyone has the right to have toys that look like the real animal! They could be considered replicas for class projects or labelled educational toys. We also try to give you a bit of information about the animals.

Our Plastic Hermit Crab

This engaging, realistic-looking plastic hermit crab replica is 4 3/4 inches wide and 2 1/4 inches high. It is made of solid flexible plastic. Its legs are flexible, but not posable. The shell is made of the same hard plastic and is flexible at the front. Our hermit crab has a kindly expression and promises not to pinch. This hermit crab makes a nice pet, a gift or works well in a diorama. Check out our other crab toys and gifts.

About Hermit Crabs

There are approximately 500 different species of hermit crabs living in saltwater intertidal zones. It isn't a true crab, but has a soft belly which it protects by crawling into an abandoned mollusk shell. This behavior of living in abandoned cave evokes the image of a hermit, thereby gwetting its name. As the hermit crab grows, it must find an ever larger shell to inhabit. The hermit crab is fussy about which shell it takes. It likes those that have anemones or sea plants growing on it and even decorates his shell with these living things. This provides a symbiotic relationship, food for them and they provide better security from predators through camouflage.There are land varieties of hermit crabs and, surprisingly enough, there is an organization of hermit crab pet lovers, who keep them at home in aquariums.

Is this the strangest eel you've ever seen?

Our Plastic Pelican Eel

This creepy-looking, realistic plastic pelican eel replica is 10 1/2 inches from front of the mouth to end of the tail with the body and tail in a snaky postion. It has a 4 3/4-inch-wide jaw. It is made of solid, flexible plastic, and has a finger-sized hole forming the throat. If you straighten the tail and body as much as possible, it's about 16 inches long, but it snaps back to the original position. It has detailed eyes, nose and fins. Our miniature eel has a fierce expression, but promises not to bite. While some may want to use the unusual eel replica as a deomonstration for science class or as an educational toy, this plastic eel also makes a nice pet, gift or gag gift, and fits well into a deep-ocean diorama. Check out our other eel toys and gifts.

About Pelican Eels

The pelican eel (Eurypharynx pelecanoides) is a deep sea creature found at depths between 3,000 and 26,000 feet. It gets its name from its loosely-hinged pelican-like jaw. The jaw can open to accomodate fish much larger than itself, but it tends mainly to eat small crustaceans. It has a strong whip-like tail which, at its tip, glows red, ostensibly to attract prey. It coils its body and places its tail tip near its mouth.

Mellow Yellow Monday: No jellyfish loitering, please!

It's an unusual sight, but this plastic jellyfish seemed to like our deck and just wanted to hang out for awhile. It seemed friendly enough, although it didn't have much to say. "Stay for awhile," we suggested. "Would you like a drink?" we asked. "With salt please," it said, and after a rest and a bit of refreshment, it slipped back into its element and floated away.

You can visit this plastic jellyfish and its jellyfish friends here if you'd like :)

Or pop on over to Mellow Yellow Monday and chill with more things YELLOW!

Sea life aquatic animals - crabs, eels, octopus and much more!

These large plastic crabs, eels, octopi and many more sea animals are popular for table decor for parties, counter decor for restaurants, suchi bars and any other seafood or sea life-related event or venue.

Come check out the sea life page at Tapir and Friends Wildlife World. One of our favorite customers uses our plastic sea animals for ice sculptures! Check out the variety of what's available.