seal rock inn

Sat, 02 May 2026 03:47:17 +0000

Seals are pinnipeds, a group of animals with three separate familiesphocidae, otaridae, and odobenidaethat are the only mammals that feed in the water and breed on land. New research shows Weddell seals avoid making extreme dives for prey during midday, allowing the seals to keep diving over and over without having to pause for long. This allows them to. These enormous, blubbery marine mammals awkwardly belly-flop around on land, but are elegantly adapted for life in the twilight zonewhere they spend 90% of their at-sea time. WHOI biologist Rebecca Gast examines whether the recovered and thriving population of gray seals in Cape Cod waters has affected water quality off the beaches they frequent.