“Adult sea elephants can reach six meters in length.”, – WRITE: www.unian.ua
Adult sea elephants can reach six meters in length.
These interesting animals about 80% of their lives spend in the water / collage of UNIAN, photo – screenshot, UnsplashThe Antarctic Station “Academician Vernadsky”, located on the island of Galindes, was visited by a sea elephant. Scientists have released footage with this funny animal that lay near them to relax in the icy “bath.”
As reported at the National Antarctic Scientific Center, a video made by the 30th UAE Zoya Zvyka – a young male of a sea elephant, who has not yet been involved in reproduction. It is said that such individuals often travel to Galindez, but in general, these animals do not live in the area of ”Academician Vernadskaya” station. Most of their population lives in the islands of subantarctic.
“Sometimes young elephants float here and cling to the island. One of them even stuck in a boat of Ukrainian polarists on the pier and slept there for a few days!”, – said in the center.
Scientists say that sea elephants are the largest among the dock. Adult males can reach 5-6 meters in length and gain weight up to 5 tons. Due to such a large size, the obese shape of the body and the “trunk” in males (a leather sac on the nose they blow in an aggressive state) of these seals and called elephants.
These interesting animals spend about 80% of their lives in the water, in search of food. The prey dives to a depth of 400-1000 meters, but can also dive for 2400 meters. The giants hunt there on squid and fish, tracking them with their giant black eyes.
On the land of sea elephants, in particular, for the period of reproduction, forming coastal beds.
“Males produce a lot of testosterone and can collect up to 100 females in a harem, for which they often fight.
Unique shooting of Antarctic stripesAccording to UNIAN, Ukrainian scientists first published unique shooting of interesting whales – Antarctic stripes. These creatures are widespread in the Ukrainian Academic Vernadsky Station, but researchers are not so common.
This whale is one of the smallest of the strip family, its length is 7-9 meters, but some individuals reach 10 meters. The weight of a mammal can be 10 tons. However, despite the great weight, these creatures move very quickly between the ice floes.
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