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Underwater Hearing Test with a Ringed Seal (Natchek)
Published on Jan 1, 2013
Natchek, one of our resident adult ringed seals (Pusa hispida), performs an underwater hearing test at 800 Hz in our large, quiet testing pool. Natchek is participating in ... -
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Beat Keeping in a California Sea Lion (Ronan)
One of our resident sea lions, Ronan, is the first non-human mammal shown able to find and keep the beat with musical stimuli. This challenges earlier evidence from humans and parrots suggesting th... -
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Masked Underwater Hearing Test with a Spotted Seal (Amak)
Amak, a young male spotted seal (Phoca largha), undergoes a masked underwater hearing test at 400 Hz. This type of testing allows us to explore how increasing ocean noise levels affect the ability ... -
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Aerial Hearing Test with a Spotted Seal (Tunu)
Tunu, a young male spotted seal (Phoca largha), participates in a signal detection task at 1600 Hz in our noise-attenuating, aerial hearing chamber. This type of hearing test tells us how sensitive... -
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Underwater Hearing Test with a Spotted Seal (Amak)
One of our resident spotted seals, Amak, performs an underwater hearing test at 800 Hz in quiet conditions. Amak is helping us to collect the first documented data on the hearing abilities of spott... -
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Pinniped Cognition and Sensory Systems Laboratory Thanks GoPro
The Pinniped Cognition and Sensory Systems Laboratory would like to thank GoPro for their support of marine mammal research.
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