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Aquatic Mammals
This section is for questions about those mammals that live most, if not all of their lives in the water. With specially adapted breathing abilities, these swimmers are some of the most intelligent creatures known.
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seals are not friendly. like the polar bear they are unpredictable
What is national marine electronics association inc?
A standards organization that claim to help the marine community, though they are actually keeping vital safety information from the public for profit.
They sell standards made by a volunteer group forced onto manufactures and sold to the public. Their members are top of the line but the organization hindering safety.
NMEA0183, is the standard format for transmitting navigational data over cables, from one nautical instrument to another.
It is a extremely durable metal but often mistaken as Tungsten Carbide. Tungsten Carbide is Tungsten ground to a powder with Carbon and compressed then nickel is heated and added as the binding agent or glue. The result is a very hard composition, but it is not a metal and it is not a solid. It is, however brittle. This means it is prone to chipping or cracking when Tungsten Carbide hits a hard surface.
Where are Antarctic fur seals located?
The habitat of the Antarctic Fur Seal, (Arctocephalus gazella) is in the general region of the Antarctic.
About 95% breed on the islands of South Georgia (Great Britain) in the Scotia Sea, east of Cape Horn, South America. The other major locations for the seals are on the opposite side of Antarctica, at McQuarrie Island (Australia) SSW of New Zealand, and at Kerguelen Island (France) in the extreme southern Indian Ocean. This location gives the seals their other name, Kerguelen Fur Seals.
How many people have been killed in dolphin attacks?
People have not been killed in dolphin attacks, but bitten and pulled under water. Dolphins have killed porpoises and even other dolphins.
According to the National Geographic program Dolphin Attack, there is one confirmed case of a bottlenose dolphin killing an adult human male. However, it was a provoked attack. The wild dolphin was swimming close to the shore, and the man who saw it and waded in to get closer was drunk. The dolphin was apparently friendly, rolling over and allowing him to touch and stroke it, but he then tormented or hit it. The dolphin retaliated with a single ramming, before swimming away for good. The man died of internal injuries in hospital some hours later.
It should also be noted that the Killer Whale is a species of dolphin and not an actual whale, therefore there are recorded human deaths by dolphins, but due to mislabeling it would be seen as a whale attack rather than a dolphin attack.
What do short beaked common dolphins eat?
i think that white-beaked dolphins eat the same thing that all dolphins eat such as fish and other small sea animals.
Why do Dolphins have a blowhol?
The blowhole is where the dolphin breathes from. They don't have nostrils like you and me
It's quite cool actually. They are the only species on the entire planet where the male gestates the unborn babies.
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Agreed. The female seahorse deposits the eggs into a sack-like obtrusion on the front of the male, who then fertilizes and carries them until they are ready for birth. At this point, he simply 'expels' them from an opening in the sack and, voila! Baby sea horses!
When whales sleep is half of there brain awake?
Well, the whale takes turns of its brain sleeping. As whales have to be awake to breathe, the whale rests 1 side of the brain to make sure its breathing, alert of any dangers etc, while one side remains asleep.
How much does a mannatee weight?
On average Manatees have a weigh of about 900-1200 lb (410-545 kg). The maximum weight tends to be no more that 1,775 kg, which is normally only seen in female, who and larger and heavier than males.
Baby Manatees have an average weight of 30kg
