Harbor Seals are fascinating creatures!

[Brad]

Here is a picture of a watchful seal that i took at a submerged mountain top a hundred miles offshore.

http://www.momentoffame.com/snapshot.html?id=9636

I was going to post an article about their whiskers, but when i went to retreive it, it had expired. The article was about the sensitivity of their whiskers. They conducted an experiment to find out why they have so many nerve endings for their whiskers. The scientists allowed a big tank of water to rest for several days, they then put a trout into the tank. The trout was trained to swin to a colored panel on the opposite end of the tank. Five minutes after the trout swam across the tank (and was removed), they let the seal in. The seal swam until it 'felt' the remnant turbulance left by the fish, then the seal followed the path of the phantom fish all of the way across the tank to the exact spot where the fish was removed. They are able to chase their prey in zero visability by following the turbulence.

The more we know, the more fascinating the creatures become.

Brad

(loves the sea)

 

[The Chairman]

but considering his expression, I have to ask if you were mooning him???

:tease:

 

[Brad]

When we saw that, we laughted a good one!

thanks...

 

[The Chairman]

I am just the comic relief!

:tease:

 

[Brad]

Seals never take their eyes off you. They like to follow you around when you are in their neighborhood. When you swim through a grotto, they will swim through right behind you. This picture shows a seal that shadowed me for quite some time. I had just swam through this (his) grotto and turned around and there he was , staring at me.

http://www.momentoffame.com/snapshot.html?id=9723

Brad

(loves the sea)