Article 4YSVW Wild grey seal caught ‘clapping’ on camera for the first time

Wild grey seal caught ‘clapping’ on camera for the first time

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The sound resembles 'shotgun-like cracks' and attracts potential mates

A wild grey seal (Halichoerus grypus) has been caught "clapping" on camera for the first time, making sounds that resemble "shotgun-like cracks".

The large male was filmed striking its flippers together off the coast of the Farne Islands, near Northumberland, during the breeding season in 2017.

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