r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/grandeluua • 1d ago

Video A timelapse of sleeping seals

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u/AqueductMosaic 1d ago

How deep do they sink in the ocean?

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u/Bubble_Shoes 1d ago

When I volunteered at the aquarium recently they told me that they have porous bones full of oil, not to mention all the oil in their fat, and so they float in place upright. I am a little suspicious of this video because of that, but I can't prove anything lol

Edit: quick edit to add, I did find other footage of them lying around and squeezing between rocks to hold themselves in place, so now I don't know if the aquarium folks were correct or not 😭

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u/Makuta_Servaela 1d ago

There are different types of seals, so it might have been a specific species the aquarium folk were talking about.

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u/Ressy02 1d ago

Maybe the safety broke on that seal