Seals are a kind of relatively cute animals. Judging from their appearance, they are charmingly naive. And sometimes they will make some relatively cute movements. For example, sometimes they will pat their bellies, and sometimes they will pat for a long time, and the frequency is relatively fast. Many of the seals we have observed are in aquariums, and the seals here may be the result of training by trainers. They train seals to pat their bellies, which can better attract tourists to watch. In addition, seals are sometimes trained to pat their bellies to show that they are hungry.
In fact, wild seals do not pat their bellies as often as those in aquariums. They sometimes pat their bellies to convey emotions, such as their excitement to their companions. Sometimes it is to convey information, to convey information to companions that there are prey or enemies around, and so on. However, because they are not the only way to convey information, so they pat the belly is not particularly frequent.
The meaning of different seal belly represents is different. For example, if you see a seal in an aquarium and pat the belly of a visitor, you may want to attract his attention and attract more people. If the seals pat their bellies at the keeper, it may be to tell the keeper that they are hungry, that is, they want to eat. If wild dolphins pat their bellies at their companions, they may tell them that they are in a more excited state, or convey some specific information about their surroundings, etc.
