Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution: Weddell Seals in the Antarctic Strategically Time Their Most Extreme Dives to Maximize Foraging
October 30, 2024
October 30, 2024
WOODS HOLE, Massachusetts, Oct. 30 -- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution issued the following news release:
Erebus Bay, Antarctica, is home to the southernmost population of the world's southernmost living mammal - the Weddell seal. These seals may look like couch potatoes when they are resting on the ice, but Weddell seals go to great lengths to make a living in the harshest and most rapidly changing environments. Weddell seals are exceptional divers that can reach depths of more . . .
Erebus Bay, Antarctica, is home to the southernmost population of the world's southernmost living mammal - the Weddell seal. These seals may look like couch potatoes when they are resting on the ice, but Weddell seals go to great lengths to make a living in the harshest and most rapidly changing environments. Weddell seals are exceptional divers that can reach depths of more . . .