It's a seal. BLOCK: That's Babcock, who shot video of the 450-pound bearded seal on the runway and posted it to Facebook. Now, at this Alaskan airport, wild animals out on the runway - not unusual.

BARROW, Alaska (KGO) -- An airport in Barrow, Alaska, received a surprise visitor on the runway on Monday in the form of a 450-pound bearded seal.

ANCHORAGE — An airport at the northernmost point of Alaska had a surprise hurdle on its runway Monday. A seal estimated to weigh 450 pounds was removed from the Utqiagvik Airport runway by way ...

Environmental groups first petitioned the federal government to list the ringed seal along with two others under the Endangered Species Act in 2008.