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Scientists once thought only humans could bob to music. Ronan the sea lion helped prove them wrong.

From @AssociatedPress: "The 15-year-old California sea lion’s talent shines most in bobbing to disco hits like 'Boogie Wonderland.'"

https://flip.it/lRQmU7

#Animals #Music #Science #SeaLion #Neuroscience

Na konci dubna jsem publikoval další článek do rubriky Dokumentární novinky s 11 tituly, které měly premiéru toto jaro. Skvělé environmentální dokumenty jako Budoucnost přírody nebo Naše měnící se planeta: Záchrana našich řek, stejně jako přírodopisní dokumenty typu Tajemství tučňáků!

#nature #documentaries #film #penguin #environment #wildlife #rivers #climatechange #carbon #pangolin #sealion #katavi #lion

https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2025/04/nove-dokumenty-brezen-duben-25.html

At the end of April, I published another Documentary News article with 11 titles that premiered this spring. Wonderful environmental documentaries like The Future of Nature or Our Changing Planet: Restoring Our Rivers, as well as wildlife docs like Secrets of the Penguins!

#nature #documentaries #film #penguin #environment #wildlife #rivers #climatechange #carbon #pangolin #sealion #katavi #lion

https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2025/04/nove-dokumenty-brezen-duben-25.html

This is awesome :D

Scientists trained a #SeaLion to hold #rhythm, and apparently, he is better at it than some humans, at least based on this video.

Link to the research paper (quite readable, at least for me as a non-biologist): https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-95279-1

#science #biology

1-May-2025
Rhythmically trained sea lion returns for an encore—and performs as well as humans
Ronan, the only non-human mammal to demonstrate highly precise beat keeping, continues to challenge our understanding of #biomusicality

The #seaLion at UC Santa Cruz who achieved global fame for her ability to bob her head to a beat is starring in a new study that shows her rhythm is just as precise—if not better—than humans.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1082071 #science #mammals #behaviour #rhythm #musicality

Rhythmically trained sea lion returns for an encore -- performs as well as humans
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/05/250501122105.htm
https://news.ucsc.edu/2025/05/ronan-sea-lion-beats-humans

Sensorimotor synchronization to rhythm in an experienced sea lion rivals that of humans
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-95279-1

#SeaLion #pinnipeds #musicality

The voluntary 'One-Sea-Lion-show' at Berlin Zoo

https://peertube.wtf/w/9tueBNrwfN6Tf4z9q4nJ5t

LIVE! Still painting some planets and probably adding even more. Come watch!
🪐 https://www.twitch.tv/vetrinanicoleart

#Art #ArtStream #AnimalArt #Seal #SeaLion #Space #Twitch #Live

Stream announcement featuring a WIP of a digital painting by me. The painting is of a seal "swimming" in space, with planets and moons swirling around it. The seal is chasing after the sun and about to catch it in its mouth. The color scheme is pink, purple, and blue. The text says "LIVE! Twitch dot TV slash Vetrina Nicole Art"

When the departure of a small cable ferry is delayed by a bunch of smug California sea lions (Zalophus californianus). 😁

#photography #wildlife #SeaLion #VancouverIslandWildlife #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #WildlifePhotography

Close-up of a sea lion swimming by. We see its head and part of its back. The sea has some ripples at the surface.

Bestial Human Seal
Hand drawn Ink art by William McAusland, writing by Colin Chapman
Likely developed for naval special operations, bestial human seals and sea lions are clever, powerful individuals, if lacking in grace and speed on land. They are all but immune to extremes of cold, and while slow on land are incredibly swift swimmers (18m per round), count as aquatic animals when they swim, and can hold their breath underwater or above it for 10 minutes.
They have strong, sharp teeth (SV +11/ DMG 1d12+1) and are entirely carnivorous. Although typically playful and curious, pinniped-men can become aggressive when they feel their authority is challenged, and bloody fights are not uncommon among the males in their harems/rafts.

Check it out: https://www.outlandarts.com/expansionrules.htm

#seal #sealion #sealife #sealman #bestial #manimal #RPG #ttrpg #seamammal #bestialhuman #wasteland #mutantepoch #apocalyptic #expansionrules #postapocalyptic #themutantepoch #fallout like #gammaworld  #humanoidanimal #roleplayinggame #flipper

LIVE! Painting the planets swirling around a seal. Come watch!
🪐 https://www.twitch.tv/vetrinanicoleart

#Art #ArtStream #AnimalArt #Seal #SeaLion #Space #Twitch #Live

From the vault

The Terrible Sea Lion (Wondermark - 2014)
https://wondermark.com/c/1062/

Interesting discussion on the subject:
https://www.quora.com/What-is-sealioning

#SeaLion #ReplyGuy

Sealioning is the name given to a specific, pervasive form of aggressive and willfully intentional cluelessness, that masquerades as a sincere desire to understand.

A Sealion is someone who, when confronted with a fact that they don’t care to acknowledge, say, the persistence of systemic racism in America, will ask endlessly for “proof” and insist that it is the other person’s job to stop everything they are doing and address the issue to their satisfaction.

The purpose of Sealioning is never to actually learn or become more informed. The purpose is to interrogate. Much like actual interrogators, Sealions bombard their target with question after question, digging and digging until the target either says something stupid or is so pissed off that they react in the extreme. The other major reason why people hate Sealioning is because responding to it is a complete waste of time.

It's an insidious trap. Responding to questions asked reasonably is, of course, a natural thing for people to do. | like to do it myself; educating others is generally pretty entertaining, especially if they are receptive to learning. Dismissing those questions can appear condescending or rude, especially if you actually are condescending or rude.

Of course, these questions are not asked because the person asking them genuinely wants to know the answer. If they did, they would do their own digging based on your statements, and only ask for obscure or difficult- to-discover information. This is the “debate principle”. It is best explained thusly: When you go to a debate, you educate yourself on the topics at hand, and only request evidence when a claim is either quite outlandish or unflinchingly obscure.

No, these questions are asked to make a responder waste their time. It works, too; I've responded to Sealions before, answering all their questions and claims for evidence, only to be greeted by even more willful ignorance. It's a way to force people into responding to questions phrased neutrally but asked in bad faith.

The name “Sealioning” comes from a most splendid webcomic, “Wondermark”, by David Malki.

Sealions are just “asking nicely” but they are asking questions that have been asked and answered fully many times, and are unwilling to so much as open a new tab to look up the answer, nor will they recognize the validity of your sources, your experience or expertise no matter what you do. It is impossible to satisfy a Sealion.

Make no mistake.

Sealioning is a specific form of harassment. You may not explain their inquiry has already been address. You may not cite a source. You may not refer to a previous answer. You definitely may not ever point them to a link. You must spend all your time and energy responding as much as you can to every little details of every innocent, polite little question they ask. Sealioning isn't a sincere attempt at anything. It's a calculated technique to grind an opponent down.

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Weird Animal Sounds 😳 #alligator #europeanstarling #sealion #penguin #elk #deer #siberiancrane #cassowary #frog #animals #sounds #ourplanet95

Sealing the bond

A sea lion joins in on a beach siesta on San Cristóbal island, #Galápagos, #Ecuador

Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

@photography
#SeaLion

A sea lion lies in sand with its head on a log, parallel to a man with a hat on his face.

C.J. and Caroline were flatmates. Sometimes there was tension. C.J. ate a banana. Caroline was all dressed up for a hot night out.... watch what happens next....

Season 6 Episode 8 "Hit and Run"

#PamelaAnderson #YasmineBleeth #SeaLion #RandomBaywatch #lvdlpv #Baywatch #BaywatchBabes #noxp

Sea Lion Cave(2 of 2) on the Oregon Coast, circa April 2022

#pentaxk70 #oregon #pnw #oregoncoast #wildlife #sealion

Sea Lion Cave(1 of 2) on the Oregon Coast, circa April 2022

#pentaxk70 #oregon #pnw #oregoncoast #wildlife #sealion

I'm not much of a wildlife photographer, but sometimes I get lucky. Like when this sea lion nosed up to check out the people leaning over the railing of the Balboa Pier in Newport Beach, California. The emerald-green water and the dappled sunlight make this one of my favorite animal portraits.
#wildlife #NewportBeachCalifornia #NaturePhotography #SeaLion

A sea lion swims in deep greenish-blue water, its body partially submerged. Sunlight creates sparkling patterns on the sea lion's back.

"Hello from the other side
I must've called a thousand times
To tell you I'm sorry, for everything that I've done
But when I call you never seem to be home..."

A sea lion and her pup. Taken with a proper, physical distance.
It is an early morning just after sunrise north of Dunedin, in Otago, South Island, Aotearoa/New Zealand.

Thanks to Adele for lyrics describing the scene.

#NZ #Otago #Dunedin #New #Zealand #sealion #seal #hookers #sea #lion #Phocarctos #hookeri #sunrise #cub #mother #wildlife #morningstroll #dangerous #whakahao #rāpoko #rare #threatened #threatenedspecies #NikonD800 #Nikkor #300mm #f4 #Nikon #D800 #2016CE #DunedinHarbour #beach #beachlife #sunrise #portrait #animalportrait

#sealion

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