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===Diet=== Ringed seals eat a wide variety of small prey that consists of 72 species of fish and invertebrates. Feeding is usually a solitary behavior and their prey of choice includes [[mysids]], [[shrimp]], [[arctic cod]], and [[herring]]. While feeding, ringed seals dive to depths of {{convert|35|to|150|ft|m|abbr=on}}.<ref name="NOAA"/> In the summer ringed seals feed along edge of the sea-ice on [[polar cod]]. In shallow water they feed on smaller cod. Ringed seals may also eat [[herring]], [[smelt (fish)|smelt]], [[freshwater whitefish|whitefish]], [[sculpin]], [[Perch (fish)|perch]], and crustaceans.
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