“Adult Weddell seals weigh about 400 kilograms.”, — write: www.unian.ua
Adult Weddell seals weigh about 400 kilograms.
“Recently, we reported that the first Weddell seal pup was born near the station this year. We show an incredibly cute video with the baby at different days of his life. Look how tenderly he cuddles up to his mother and communicates with her,” – says the page of the National Antarctic Science Center in social network Facebook.
The center announced the holding of a contest to choose a name for the first weddell cub. Ukrainians could leave their options in the comments until the end of the day on September 22. At the same time, readers were intrigued by new stories about seals: “By the way, another seal was born near Vernadsky during this time. But we will tell about it separately.”
Interesting news from polar explorersEarlier, Ukrainian scientists published a video in which you can hear the ice “talking” in the ocean. They also explained the reasons for this phenomenon.
And one of the biologists accidentally saw elephant seals when he went to count penguins. It is noted that these animals can be found there very rarely. Polar scientists showed a video that the man managed to shoot.
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