A rare video shows hooded seals competing over a female by inflating cavities in their nose to the size of a balloon. It shows a mating ritual taking place in the frozen waters of the Arctic Ocean.

Hooded seals are territorial creatures with aggressive personalities that are only found in sections of the Arctic circle.

Real Balloon Animals: 6 Species That Blow Themselves Up Camels, hooded seals, and gibbons are among animals that inflate to find mates or defend against predators.

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The Marine Education, Research and Rehabilitation Institute is urging those lucky enough to spot a seal at the Delaware beaches this winter to keep their distance.

The bigger their nose, the more attractive male hooded seals will be to a female.

"This could end up being one of those little oddities and mysteries of our careers that 40 years from now, we’ll be retired and still questioning quite how this happened," one monk seal expert said.

First up are the hooded seals. Found in the cold waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, hooded seals are known for their distinctive mating displays.

An unusually stormy winter in the Great Australian Bight has driven a high number of juvenile long-nose fur seals in search of sheltered conditions into the bays and onto jetties along South ...