Newcastle University films grey seals clapping underwater
Dr Ben Burville spent 17 years trying to become the first person to record them making the noise. …
Researchers believe they are the first to film grey seals clapping their flippers underwater.
Dr Ben Burville from Newcastle University has spent 17 years trying to capture a seal producing the gunshot-like sound, which they make during the breeding season.
He recorded this footage off the Farne Islands, near Northumberland.
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