Thursday, December 20, 2018

Australian study into how seals react to boats prompts new ecotourism regulations

Unable to differentiate between a predator and a tourist boat, seals react as soon as they sense a potential threat. The closer a vessel approaches, the more likely it is for the animals to rush to the water and the greater the risk of a stampede or predation in the sea. To inform management guidelines, researchers observed a colony on Kanowna Island, Bass Strait.

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A NASA satellite caught a giant tsunami doing something no one expected

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