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Aug 8, 2024 · Using video from a predator like the Australian sea lion is another way we can assess the importance of different marine environments. In future, this approach will help improve our understanding of the world’s oceans and the species that use them. Australian sea lions spend several days searching for food at sea before returning to rest on land.
Aug 7, 2024 · An Australian sea lion captures video while swimming through an invertebrate reef habitat. Angelakis et al. 2024 Exploring the world’s seabeds is a complicated, expensive and long process.
Aug 7, 2024 · Sea lions wearing video-camera backpacks are helping scientists map uncharted regions of the seafloor. They found the ocean bed teeming with life.
Aug 7, 2024 · A team of researchers used “sea lion-borne video” to map out the endangered species’ habitat off the coast of south Australia. Their research (and footage) is published today in Frontiers of ...
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Seals and sea lions are marine mammals known as pinnipeds; there are 33 species worldwide. All are carnivores that hunt at sea – often for fish and squid – and breed on land, mostly in large, noisy colonies. (Photo credit: Darren Jew/AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC) I’VE COME HERE near the end of the spring-summer breeding season with marine ecologist Associ...
Australian sea lions have the longest weaning period of any pinniped species. Pups remain with mums for 18 months.(Photo credit: Darren Jew/AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC) AS SOON AS we arrive back at camp, Simon begins downloading the detailed log of activity from the recovered backpack onto a laptop. The device has been taking regular depth, temperature a...
Female sea lions return to breed at the colonies where they were born, are a silver-ash colour and reach about 80kg in weight. (Photo credit: Darren Jew/AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC) DAWN BREAKS ON my third day in the colony and a flock of Cape Barren geese – common inhabitants of the islands off southern Australia – touches down in the mist at the island...
Australian sea lions are often playful and zoom around in the water. (Photo credit: Darren Jew/AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC) THE NEXT MORNING is my last on Dangerous Reef and I’m able to move about the colony with relative freedom as long as I avoid any sudden moves that might stress the residents. Close to the water’s edge, there are a large number of pu...
Apr 11, 2018 · Howe Sound boater and conservationist John Buchanan recently captured some amazing footage of sea lions and other underwater marine life. In the video below his camera zooms in on a herd of sea lions as they make their way South near Furry Creek, just off the Sea to Sky Highway. He then puts a camera underwater and gathers a fascinating look at ...
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Jul 24, 2024 · The footage has given researchers a fascinating insight into the foraging behaviours of sea lions. ...
