UNCW researchers received a nearly $60,000 grant to support research on the physiological impacts of climate change on crabeater seals in Antarctica. UNCW researchers received a nearly $60,000 grant ...
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The Crabeater Seal is one of the most common seals in the world — with one of the most unusual feeding processes. That process, which involves using its teeth like ...
Example of Baikal seal skull specimens. (a) Maxilla and (b) mandible tooth row. (c–f) Enlarged view of maxilla teeth. (c) Yellow arrows represent the number of cusps. (d) Yellow dashed line represents ...
In a remote corner of Antarctica, a group of killer whales capture their prey in the most extraordinary fashion. Swimming together, they create waves so powerful and accurate, they can wash a seal ...
View Greenland Esquimaux Dogs', 'Wedell Seals at Home', 'A Grizzly Old Sea Elephant', 'A Sea Elephant Rookery', 'A Bow Seal Elephant and Calf', 'A Ross Seal', 'A Crabeater Seal, [Between 1911-1914] (7 ...
The morphology of an animal's teeth often reflects its diet. A well-known example of a mammal that feeds in the water is the crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), which consumes large amounts of ...