Starwind Rohana ([info]starsong24) wrote,
@ 2008-07-21 21:01:00
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Seals!
I went to the zoo today (yes, again), and noticed that the seals were doing something odd.

*Drumroll.*

Why, why, WHY do seals always swim upside down? 'Cause every seal I saw was apparently spending seventy percent of its time on its back. In the water, people. Upside down. Why?

Also, there was one seal that was weirdly attracted to bottles. I spent some time making it do elaborate 'follow the empty Dr. Pepper bottle' maneouvres around the underwater tunnel. I don't know, maybe it thought it was a fish?

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[info]andy_longwood
2008-07-22 01:28 am UTC (link)
I love watching seals. I was at the Memphis Zoo a couple of weeks ago, and their seals were so much fun to watch. I could have probably stood next to their tank all day. My roommate is the same way with monkeys.

I think I like watching them swim even more than I like watching dolphins, for all that dolphins are one of my favorite things in the world.

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[info]starsong24
2008-07-22 06:03 am UTC (link)
Seals are natural water acrobats. They're really flexible, too -one of the ones I saw had its back flippers up over its head. So they can do all these underwater tricks that a dolphin can't pull off.

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[info]andy_longwood
2008-07-22 06:39 am UTC (link)
Uh huh. The ones I saw were doing 180 turns that pretty much bent them completely in half. They're so elegant and graceful and pretty in the water.

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