Seals are a kind of marine mammals, but also a relatively cute looking creature. Seals are still relatively close to humans and like to be close to humans. Especially seals living in aquariums, we often see this kind of seals that have been trained, they are basically not hostile to humans after training, like to be close to people, but also like to hold people. In fact, not only the seals living in aquariums like to hug people, but also some wild seals living in the ocean like to hug people. Researchers have studied this phenomenon and found some of the reasons.
1. Keeping warm: Seals are also distributed in the polar regions where the climate is relatively cold. Seals living here all have an instinct to keep warm with each other. This is the instinct on which they rely for survival. They may also hold people out of this instinct, in order to keep warm.
2. Recognizing humans as one of their own: Seals often recognize humans as one of their own, especially when humans are lying down. For example, when humans lie on the surface of the water or on the snow because they have fainted, seals will come and hug them.
3. Play: Sometimes, seals hug people just because they are playing. They may regard people as their toys, just bigger toys. Especially for seals living in aquariums, or young seals, they are less wary of humans, do not think that humans are a threat, at this time they will come to play, may hug people.
