Sentences with phrase «by harbor seals»

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The researchers estimate that from 1975 to 2015, the yearly biomass of chinook salmon consumed by pinnipeds (sea lions and harbor seals) and killer whales increased from 6,100 to 15,200 metric tons, and from five to 31.5 million individual salmon.

Now a group has found evidence that harbor seals learn to tell which killer whales are dangerous by eavesdropping on their conversations.

Blindfold a harbor seal, clap headphones on its ears, and the keen hunter will still be able to track a distant fish, using its whiskers to detect the ripples made by its prey.

The researchers tested the observation by playing recorded calls of both groups at popular harbor seal hangouts in British Columbia to see how the seals would react.

The findings may also explain why harbor seal populations are declining in fjords whose glaciers have retreated onto land: Without the acoustic camouflage provided by the bubble - induced din, the seals may have a harder time evading their main predator, the killer whale.

Paddle board into harbor on the two beaches, separated by the famed Stearns Wharf, to find yourself up close and personal to the seals that are known to laze upon the harbor's buoys.

That's why all of our harbor seal pup patients are cared for by a separate team of volunteers in an isolated area of the hospital that doesn't share water pipes or filtration systems with our other pens and pools.

The natural birthing room for mama harbor seals in Monterey Bay expanded, for the first time, onto Pacific Grove's popular Lovers Point beach, prompting the beach's closure in recent days.A mother and newborn seal pup were spotted on the beach early Sunday by a volunteer docent for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, and human helpers sought to keep the legally protected marine mammals protected.

By the time harbor seal pup Ernesto was spotted alone on a public beach along Monterey Bay, The Marine Mammal Center had already rescued more than 80 harbor seal pups during a record - breaking busy season.

Marine mammals are represented by harbor porpoises, harbor seal, California sea lion and river otter, with Steller sea lion and gray whale found immediately offshore.

Its sandy beaches are used by pupping harbor seals, and dense kelp beds offshore provide shelter for sea otters.

California sea lions and harbor seals are also regular Channel Islands visitors, but Point Bennett on San Miguel Island — reached by a ranger - guided 15 - mile hike in the summer — is the best place to spot rare species like Guadalupe fur seals and Stellar sea lions.

A handful of curious harbor seals seemed puzzled by the whole idea, as did at least one in our party of eleven.

Learn more about the region at the visitor center or by chatting with the rangers, and expect to see wildlife, from harbor seals, seabirds in the warmer months and migrating gray whales.

By April, our busy elephant seal and harbor seal pup seasons were in full swing as well, and we were caring for a record number of patients onsite at our hospital in Sausalito, California: 291.

Among the animals that have been observed being rescued by humpback whales were California sea lions, ocean sunfish, harbor seals, and gray whales.

On Friday, three rehabilitated harbor seal pups were released by the Marine Mammal Center at the private estate of Melanie and Richard Lundquist at Otter Cove in Pebble Beach.