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- Seal Facts - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Seals are pinnipeds, a group of animals with three separate families—phocidae, otaridae, and odobenidae—that are the only mammals that feed in the water and breed on land
- Seal Whiskers Inspire Marine Technology - Woods Hole Oceanographic . . .
The night approaches quickly 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 And she’s off Heather Beem is closely examining seal whiskers for insights to design new…
- Weddell seals in the Antarctic strategically time their most extreme . . .
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 This allows them to spend almost all of their time underwater, foraging under high-light conditions, which is best for visual hunters (Michelle Shero, ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
- Creature Feature: Elephant Seal - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Creature Feature: 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
- Studying how seals adapt to extreme environments could lead to benefits . . .
A female grey seal nursing her pup on the beaches of Sable Island, Nova Scotia Gray seals give birth once a year and females will quickly lose ~30% of their body mass while the pup triples in size during a short nursing period of only 15-20 days
- Field research from the heart - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
WHOI engineers adapted an off-the-shelf component to develop a prototype heart monitor for field research ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution But this year, a small pilot program is fitting heart monitors on some of the pups – essentially seal pup Fitbits -to collect information on activity, heart rate, and even EKG readings
- The Return of the Seals – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
WHOI biologist Rebecca Gast examines whether the recovered and thriving population of gray seals in Cape Cod waters has affected water quality off the beaches they frequent
- The value of iron for a seal - Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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
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