Wild grey seal caught ‘clapping’ on camera for the first time
by PA Media from Science | The Guardian on (#4YSVW)
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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