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Science Article 3

Published on Mar 27, 2016

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"CRAFTY SEALS SEEK FOLLOW TRACKING DEVICE SIGNALS TO CATCH FISH"

BY: CHARLOTTE GROVER 8-5

SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN USING TRACKING DEVICES TO TRACK FISH.

SEALS ARE USING THIS TECNIQUE TO THEIR ADVANTAGE.

THE SEALS TRACK THEIR PREY BY SENSING THE SIGNALS FROM THE DEVICES

SCIENTISTS THEN TESTED THIS THEORY TO MAKE SURE THEY WERE CORRECT
Photo by smagdali

EXPERIMENT

  • Scientists picked 10 seals that had been born in captivity to use
  • Individually the seals went into a pool with 20 boxes total
  • 2 of the boxes had fish but only one had fish with the trackers
  • Every seal was allowed to swim around the boxes twenty different times
  • The fish were moved to random boxes every time
Photo by e_monk

AFTER EXPERIMENTING SCIENTISTS CONCLUDED

THAT THE SEALS HAD TRULY BEEN USING THE TRACKERS TO THEIR ADVANTAGE