Wild gray seals can clap their flippers underwater as a show of strength, new research shows. This clapping serves two purposes, according to research led by scientists at Monash University: It wards ...

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An international study by Monash University has discovered wild grey seals can clap their flippers underwater during breeding season. This is regarded as a show of strength that warns off competitors ...

A Grey Seal comes for a closer look at a group of divers at the Farne Islands, England. Getty Images Wild gray seals can clap their flippers underwater as a show of strength, new research shows. This ...

Whales serenade each other across thousands of miles, while dolphins call out other's "names" using signature whistles. Now, scientists have spotted gray seals using yet another form of underwater ...

Unprecedented video shows a male gray seal using its flippers to produce a loud sound underwater. Scientists say it could be a previously undocumented form of communication, in which the seals are ...

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David Hocking receives funding from from Monash University and the Australian Research Council. Felix Georg Marx received funding from from the Australian Research Council (DECRA fellowship ...

It turns out pinnipeds know how to clap back. In fact, clapping back — and forward — between each other is how they communicate. Marine mammals, like whales, were known to use clicks to communicate to ...

Feb. 3 (UPI) --For the first time, grey seals have been observed clapping underwater to communicate. Like whales and dolphins, seals typically use a variety of calls to communicate with one another.