Dec 1, 2020 · Marine mammals are warm-blooded vertebrates (animals with a backbone) that bear live young and nourish them with milk as land mammals do, but that spend most or all of …

Apr 11, 2024 · The pups are nursed anywhere between four days and one month. Exceptions include some pinnipeds such as the Steller sea lion that nurse their pups much longer with …

Apr 25, 2018 · Deep-diving whales and other marine mammals can get the bends - the same painful and potentially life-threatening decompression sickness that strikes scuba divers who …

Aug 21, 2008 · An unprecedented survey of seabirds, marine mammals, and sharks on the U.S. East Coast has revealed that marine wildlife contains a wide variety of disease-causing …

But there are over a hundred species of marine mammals, and as you will see from the following playlist, each has its own unique sound: Two different Inia geoffrensis (~320K) Delphinus …

Sep 1, 2004 · Contrary to popular belief that marine mammals have a poor sense of smell, sea otters may have a nose that can actually help them distinguish between contaminated and …

Marine mammals also need a streamlined head for fast and easy movement through water that external ears would impede. Instead, they have ear holes located right behind the eye. In …

Dec 19, 2024 · Or the deep-sea worms Abyssarya acus and Hodor hodor named in 2018 by scientist Paulo Bonifácio after Ayra Stark and Hodor, two beloved characters from George R. …

The refraction of sound waves then causes sound to be trapped in the zone, called a SOFAR (sound fixing and ranging) channel. Marine mammals may use this phenomena to a much …

Dec 20, 2007 · “Rehabilitation of stranded marine mammals elicits polarized attitudes,” the authors wrote. “The challenge is to find the common ground and the greater good.” When …