Top 22 Most Amazing Marine Mammals

Giants that sing across ocean basins sit beside whiskered hunters and playful floaters. Cuteness and sheer scale are both valid ways to vote.

1. 1
   Blue Whale

   The largest animal ever to have lived.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Orca

   Apex hunter and the largest dolphin.
   939pts
3. 3
   California Sea Lion

   Noisy, agile marine performer.
   586pts
4. 4
   Polar Bear

   Arctic top predator that lives on sea ice.
   532pts
5. 5
   Harp Seal

   White-coated pups of the Arctic ice.
   532pts
6. 6
   Narwhal

   Arctic whale with a spiral tusk.
   532pts
7. 7
   Harbor Seal

   Common coastal seal with a spotted coat.
   469pts
8. 8
   Bowhead Whale

   Arctic whale that can live for two centuries.
   469pts
9. 9
   Walrus

   Tusked Arctic giant that hauls out in huge herds.
   397pts
10. 10
    Dugong

    Seagrass-grazing sea cow of the Indo-Pacific.
    397pts
11. 11
    Sperm Whale

    Deep-diving toothed whale with the biggest brain.
    397pts
12. 12
    Steller Sea Lion

    Largest of the sea lions.
    397pts
13. 13
    Amazon River Dolphin

    Pink freshwater dolphin of the Amazon.
    397pts
14. 14
    Sea Otter

    Fur-dense floating tool user of the Pacific coast.
    313pts
15. 15
    Humpback Whale

    Acrobatic singer famous for breaching.
    313pts
16. 16
    Beluga

    White, chatty whale of Arctic waters.
    313pts
17. 17
    Weddell Seal

    Antarctic seal that lives farther south than any other mammal.
    313pts
18. 18
    Manatee

    Gentle, slow-moving sea cow of warm waters.
    213pts
19. 19
    Fin Whale

    Second-largest animal on Earth and a speedy swimmer.
    213pts
20. 20
    Bottlenose Dolphin

    Intelligent, playful and the best-known dolphin.
    213pts
21. 21
    Leopard Seal

    Spotted Antarctic predator.
    213pts
22. 22
    Gray Whale

    Migrates up to 20,000 km a year.
    213pts

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