Well, today was another day of lab work, so there aren't very many pictures from today. However, I do have a couple of really great pictures of a seal that came up on the ice really close to where we were fishing last week. And also a short little video. In the video, you can hear it breathing. Seals can dive to almost 1000 meters and can be under water for up to 45 minutes! Before they dive, to prevent themselves from getting the "bends" like human scuba divers, they take a lot of deep breaths. Then right before they dive, they exhale all of their air out of their lungs to prevent them from being damaged/collapsing from the pressure of the deep ocean.
You might notice a little blood on the seal's chest. That is from it climbing out of the ice. They have to open holes in the ice using their teeth and the edges of their holes are not very smooth. Sometimes they get cut and you it is not uncommon to see a seal a little bloody. However, they don't seem to mind much at all. You should also be able to hear the seal breathing out in the video. The wind was blowing quite a bit so you will have to watch the seal's nostrils open and close and listen for the sound of it exhaling. I hope you enjoy, I sure did!
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