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talk (to) seal North 
stalk a seal by creeping up on it while making seal-like noises.
- 1865 The bear lies down and crawls by hitches toward the seal, "talking" to it, as the Inuits say, till he is within striking distance, then he pounces upon it with a single jump.
- 1897 The seal takes the Eskimo, who is able to talk seal perfectly, to be one of its kinsmen; and indeed there is a great deal of resemblance between the genera, for both are similarly clothed, and the Eskimo's living largely upon the flesh and oil of the seal, is similarly odorous.
- 1865 The bear lies down and crawls by hitches toward the seal, "talking" to it, as the Inuits say, till he is within striking distance, then he pounces upon it with a single jump.