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Weddell seals are built for the cold, and can sleep indefinitely on ice in negative temperatures. Here at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. @aidanalfonso.
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- Aidan Alfonso
Video of a reclining Weddell seal on pack ice in Adélie Land. Male and female Weddell seals communicate through a variety of sounds, specifically, males sometimes use “trills” to communicate. Weddell seals are also able to communicate with each other through different mediums.
Oct 20, 2023 · Weddell seals have perfected the art of year-round survival in the harsh Antarctic climate. Though this male may have perfected life in these chilly waters, he still needs work on his mating...
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They prefer to live on fast ice (sea ice attached or ‘stuck fast’ to the coast), although some spend the winter on drifting pack ice (sea ice that is not landfast), or move back and forth from the pack to the fast ice. Weddell seals tend to gather around cracks formed by tidal action.
Weddell Seals are incredible divers that hunt for fish below the sea ice of Antarctica. Listen to the sounds of the seal breathing when he (or she) pokes his little nose just out of the...
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Weddell seals inhabit Antarctic and sub-Antarctic waters. They do not migrate and winters are spent under the ice of the Antarctic Sea, emerging through blowholes and cracks to breathe. They congregate in large groups on pack ice.
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Leptonychotes weddellii live in Antarctic regions on fast ice areas and in the sea. They don't migrate and local movements are caused by changes in ice conditions. Underwater swimming occurs under natural ice cracks or under ice areas thin enough so that the seals can chew breathing holes using canine teeth.
