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Bookmark or Share- The Deepest Divers - Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionFor years, sperm whales and elephant seals were thought to hold world records for holding their breath under water. But those animals have nothing on beaked whales. Using digital tags temporarily suction-cupped to two species of beaked whales, researchers led by scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution tracked Cuvier’s beaked…
- The value of iron for a seal - Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionThe first step is to determine how much iron is in the adult seals’ diets and how that changes throughout the year. Gray seals catch and eat a variety of fishes, crustaceans, and squid, all of which have different amounts of iron. The seals’ whiskers act as a sort of dietary timeline, incorporating molecular signatures from various food ...
- Weddell seals in the Antarctic strategically time their most extreme ...Weddell seals in Erebus Bay, Antarctica, may look like couch potatoes when they are resting on ice. However, these seals, which are the southernmost population of the southernmost living mammals, are exceptional divers that can reach depths of more than 900 meters and recorded dives lasting 96 minutes, which is well beyond their aerobic threshold.
- Weddell seals time their most extreme dives - Woods Hole Oceanographic ...266 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543-1050. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is a 501 (c) (3) organization. We are proud to be recognized as a financially accountable and transparent, 4-star charity organization by Charity Navigator. GIVE NOW.
- Scientists and fishermen team up to film seals in fishing netsFor the first time, the team has been able to capture underwater video of gillnet fishing in the Northeast U.S., catching seals, spiny dogfish, and other predators on camera as they approach and enter the nets. Capturing this first-of-its-kind footage has not been easy. The mesh netting that makes up a gillnet reaches ten feet high and extends ...
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