Antarctic Sun - Weddell Seals Sing Songs Humans Can't Hear
Author: Michael Lucibella
Published: January 18, 2020
New Research Unveils The Ultrasonic Calls Of Weddell Seals
Photo Credit: Michael Lucibella
The seals of McMurdo Sound are more vocal than previously thought.
A new research paper published in the December edition of The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America shows that Weddell seals vocalize underwater at frequencies too high for humans to hear. It's the first time the extent of these high-frequency sounds have been identified, though scientists aren't yet sure what the seals use them for…