Just found out there is a version of the Iliad where, after the death of Achilles, his mother Thetis turns into a seal and takes revenge by hunting down Helen.
There is an ancient Greek horror story hidden in there somewhere, about Helen being hunted by a vengeful pinniped...
I’m going to cheat a bit for #SilentSunday#NaturePhotography because if you’ve ever been around harbor/spotted #seals, you know they are anything but quiet.
Photos taken earlier today at Point Arena, CA, US. Licensed under CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 Intl.
A baby seal at the Chene rescue centre in Allouville-Bellefosse, near Le Havre, France. The centre rescues and rehabilitates wildlife in distress. Stranded seals are cared for until they are big enough to be safely released back into the sea.
Another Minoan seal design, because why the heck not 😄 Evans described it as "goddess reposing on the waves of the sea". Just chillin. It's one of my favorites. 🥰 The second pic is the original artifact.
An old university friend co-authored this paper by Williams et al. on persistent organic pollutants found on #whales#Dolphins#Seals around the UK.
I remember talking with him about it a few years ago - great to see it out but goodness how depressing, really good science in a wel-surveyed population, makes me wonder about the #Cetaceans we don't know about?
This ornately-patterned marine mammal inhabits frigid waters in the Arctic. It can dive as deep as 1,968 ft (600 m) in search of food such as crustaceans, fish, and cephalopods!