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The Weddell seal [2] (Leptonychotes weddellii) is a relatively large and abundant true seal with a circumpolar distribution surrounding Antarctica.The Weddell seal was discovered and named in the 1820s during expeditions led by British sealing captain James Weddell to the area of the Southern Ocean now known as the Weddell Sea. [3]
Researchers are exposing the secrets of the world’s southernmost mammal, the Weddell seal. These seals, found in Antarctica’s Erebus Bay, live in rapidly changing environments. They can weigh ...
Characteristic fauna of the sea include the Weddell seal and killer whales, humpback whales, minke whales, leopard seals, and crabeater seals are frequently seen during Weddell Sea voyages. The Adélie penguin is the dominant penguin species in this remote area because of their adaptation to the harsh environment.
The Weddell seal has perhaps the most extensive vocal repertoire, producing both airborne and underwater sounds. Trilling, gluping, chirping, chugging and knocking are some examples of the calls produced underwater. When warning other seals, the calls may be pronounced by "prefixes" and "suffixes". [115]
More than a half dozen Weddell seals, each with a futuristic monitoring device weighing just over a pound strapped to their heads, have been helping Japanese researchers learn about the waters ...
Weddell seals from Erebus Bay in Antarctica have been studied for decades -- and now, two of the creatures are having 15 minutes of Internet fame. Scientist William Link with the U.S. Geological ...
All lobodontine seals have circumpolar distributions surrounding Antarctica. They include both the world's most abundant seal (the crabeater seal) and the only predominantly mammal-eating seal (the leopard seal). While the Weddell seal prefers the shore-fast ice, the other species live primarily on and around the off-shore pack ice. Thus ...
A Weddell Seal floats among pieces of ice in Antarctica on February 20, 2019. Ozge Elif Kizil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images. There are only about 100 killer whales on Earth that use this ...