Sealing the deal - Antarctic fur seals' active hunting tactics to capture small evasive prey revealed by miniature sonar tags
M. Chevallay, C. Guinet, D. Goulet-Tran, T. Jeanniard du Dot
This study uses sonar tags to analyze fine-scale hunting tactics of Antarctic fur seals capturing evasive prey, finding that seals and prey detect each other simultaneously and seals use bursts of acceleration to catch prey.
bioRxiv · Oct 19, 2023Ecology