Seal Water Leak New Content: Files & Pictures #882

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. 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… 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. 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) 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. A female grey seal nursing her pup on the beaches of sable island, nova scotia Scientists from the newly created northwest atlantic seal research consortium (nasrc) are using data collected by the massachusetts department of public health (mdph) to investigate whether seals may impact beach water quality along outer cape cod A growing population of gray seals has been cited as the reason for beach… 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. To help address these concerns, a group of scientists, fishers, and resource managers created the northwest atlantic seal consortium in 2012 Its goal is to get and share knowledge on the ecological role of seals in the northeastern united states How they live, where they go, what they eat, their health and illnesses, and their interactions with the world—including humans—around them.