Melodies of land and sea To understand how leopard seal songs compare to other species, Chambers and her co-authors looked at entropy—the measurement of how predictable or random a vocal sequence is.

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Animals may not have musical instruments, but the way that some species form complex patterns of vocal sequences is remarkable. A recent study has found that Antarctic ...

When male leopard seals dive down into icy Antarctic waters, they sing songs structured like nursery rhymes in performances that can last up to 13 hours, scientists said July 31. The Australian-led ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Late in the evening, the Antarctic sky flushes pink. The male leopard seal wakes and slips from the ice into the water. There, he'll spend the night singing underwater ...

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Typical behavior of leopard seal vocalizations—the male will sing a sequence of sounds underwater before returning to the surface to breathe (represented by a "Z") and repeats this cycle for hours at ...

In a study published today, UNSW Sydney researchers found that the underwater songs of leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx) in Antarctica share structural similarities with the nursery rhymes often sung ...