Rock on.
"Not many animals show a clear ability to identify and move to a beat aside from humans, parrots and some primates. But then there’s Ronan, a bright-eyed sea lion that has scientists rethinking the meaning of music."
https://apnews.com/article/ronan-dancing-sea-lion-boogie-wonderland-ef575607db2f710fe102e2dd7c994049
It's a blog-post day, here a funny one on earlids in sea mammals, along with their musical capacities. Sea Lions: your ideal candidate for freshman Ear-Training???
Rhythmically trained sea lion returns for an encore -- and performs as well as humans https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/05/250501122105.htm 🦭 #Sealions #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Pinnipeds #Science
Here is a #cute #animal to bring some #positivity to your day. #Science is awesome!
https://apnews.com/article/ronan-dancing-sea-lion-boogie-wonderland-ef575607db2f710fe102e2dd7c994049
Article Spotlight: Dr. Ailin Sosa Drouville explores how sea lion teeth reveal population changes & life cycles in Otaria byronia. Fascinating insights into density-dependent processes!
Read more: https://bit.ly/43dNvYs
The ODT headline says "Drivers urged to look out for sea lions on coastal roads". This is good advice because mummy sea lions with their babies are active on land at this time of year, keeping away from randy males.
The story is about sea lions, but the sign in the photo clearly says "Seals". Given the healthy number of local sea lion births this year, the ODT surely missed the opportunity to use a "New seal" sign. ;-)
https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/drivers-urged-look-out-sea-lions-coastal-roads
Mature male Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) on the coast of Vancouver Island. Adult males are 2.7 to 3.1 m and weigh 400 to 800 kg. I am amazed how they are able to crawl on rocky cliffs given their huge weight.
More info about Steller sea lions: https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/species-risk-public-registry/cosewic-assessments-status-reports/steller-sea-lion-2013.html
#SeaLions #photography #wildlife #nature #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada #VancouverIslandWildlife #WildlifePhotography
If we strive to be happy by filling all the silences of life with sound, productive by turning all life's leisure into work, and real by turning all our being into doing, we will only succeed in producing a hell on earth.
-- Thomas Merton (No Man is an Island)
They're actually fur sea-lions—members of the Otariidae family, not true seals (Phocidae). Learn the key differences in this fun piece by Pierre Constant. Dive in 👇
🔗 divernet.com/world-dives/fur-seals-theres-no-such-thing
Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak whispers the o'erfraught heart and bids it break.
-- William Shakespeare (Macbeth)
Seallapalooza!
Another image taken with my new Sony 400-800mm G Lens. This being what appeared to be a pretty fun Seal Party going on on Bird Island off of 17th Mile Drive, CA.
Admittedly I was a bit nervous when I pre-ordered this monster as it is the largest lens investment I have personally ever made. But even with the rather brief local wildlife shoot today, and with most settings on auto, I am delighted to have this in my kit now.
Recognizing the interconnection of human & #marine #ecosystems is essential, as the stress in one often affects the other.
If you see a marine mammal in distress, please give them space and call the Marine Mammal Care Center’s Marine Mammal Hotline at 1-800-39-WHALE (94253).
#ClimateCrisis #climate #MarineLife #ocean #wildfires #science #wildlife #MarineMammals #SeaLions #Dolphins #California
#Crisis On The Coast: #DomoicAcid Poisoning Strands 140 #SeaLions & 50 #Dolphins On #California Beaches
The recent influx of #marine #wildlife affected by domoic acid poisoning off the coast of Southern California underscores a critical #environmental crisis, w/≧140 sea lions suffering from this debilitating poison & reports of at least 50 stranded dolphins along local beaches.
#ClimateCrisis #climate #MarineLife #ocean #wildfires #ecosystems #algae #OceanWarming #science
https://worldanimalnews.com/crisis-on-the-coast-domoic-acid-poisoning-strands-140-sea-lions-and-50-dolphins-on-california-beaches/
A sick sea lion is rescued to be evaluated by volunteers from the Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute. Over 100 marine mammals and birds have been affected by domoic acid poisoning from algal blooms in southern California since February, Santa Barbara, #US
Photograph: David Swanson/AFP/Getty Images
[Raum-Suryan et al.] The First Satellite Flipper Tag Deployments on Steller Sea Lions Allow Tracking Beyond the Annual Molt https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70010?af=R 🦭 #SeaLions #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Pinnipeds
Surge in poisoned sea lions threatens beachgoers, burdens rescuers in Southern California https://phys.org/news/2025-03-surge-poisoned-sea-lions-threatens.html 🦭 #SeaLions #MarineMammals #MarineLife #MarineBiology #Pinnipeds #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #ClimateAction #ClimateEmergency #OceanPollution #MarinePollution
It is just this lack of connection to a concern with truth -- this indifference to how things really are -- that I regard as the essence of bullshit. ... The bullshitter ... does not reject the authority of the truth, as the liar does, and oppose himself to it. He pays no attention to it at all. By virtue of this, bullshit is a greater enemy of the truth than lies are.
-- Harry G. Frankfurt (On Bullshit (2005))
I think that it's an honorable thing to change your mind occasionally. I don't think it's a sign of weakness or lack of integrity. I believe men are united by their doubts and separated by their convictions. Therefore, it's a very good thing to have doubts. Doubts are the greatest spur to activity that I know of.
-- Peter Ustinov
