A harbor seal plunges into the water, diving deep as the sunlight recedes Through the dark, turbid waters, she searches for fish Suddenly, the whiskers on her right cheek begin vibrating Heather beem is closely examining seal whiskers for insights to design new… New research shows weddell seals avoid making extreme dives for prey during midday, allowing the seals to keep diving over and over without having to pause for long (michelle shero, ©woods hole oceanographic institution)
Elephant seal about elephant seals you may have seen (and heard) elephant seals on a beach Roaring, clumsy and (let’s face it) terrifying as they jostle for mates. A female grey seal nursing her pup on the beaches of sable island, nova scotia Heart monitors for seal pups are helping scientists track animal health images and captions, credits are here woods hole, mass Two distinct species, the northern and southern elephant seal, are among the largest carnivores in the ocean Elephant seals are known to hold their breath for nearly two hours, allowing them to stay at twilight zone depths for an extended.
Most seal pups don’t make it through their first year, and the researchers want to figure out whether higher iron intake makes a difference in the pups’ survival “everyone has been focused on the abundance of prey and how many calories seals are able to take in, but maybe just as important is getting the iron that they need,” shero said. Whoi biologist andrea bogomolni works with the fishing community to record and observe this behavior with the hopes of mitigating marine mammal bycatch
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