At the Brown's Bay marina, someone was gutting fish, and the harbour seals were hanging around, waiting for their share of the goodies.
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Lazy afternoon. Why go fishing, when you've got humans to do it for you? |
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Harbour seals have no ear flaps, and the ear canal is visible behind the eye. |
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She is smaller than the first one, and fatter. I assume she's female; the males are larger. |
This seal was resting for a while on the sea floor after the fisherfolk had finished and left; she seemed to be sleeping, but came up to look at us, then sunk to the bottom again. A harbour seal can stay underwater for up to 40 minutes.
Slightly less lazy than the seals, a number of jellies floated with the current, pulsating gently as they went, catching plankton in their stinging tentacles.
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Water jelly, aka many-ribbed medusa, Aequorea sp. |
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Moon jelly, Aurelia labiata. Notice the scalloped edge, and the many short tentacles. |
A school of tiny fish was more active, circling and circling, sometimes breaking the surface of the water, leaving little circles of wavelets.
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En el muelle de Brown's Bay, unos pescadores estaban limpiando su captura del dia, y un grupo de focas moteadas daban vueltas, esperando su parte de la bonanza.
- Una tarde tranquila. ¿Porqué ir a cazar cuando cuentas con humanos que comparten su pesca?
- Las focas moteadas no tienen orejas, y se ven los canales auriculares grandes.
- Esta foca es más chica que la primera, y creo que es hembra; los machos son más grandes. Descansaba en el fondo del agua después de que los pescadores habían terminado su tarea y se habían ido. Parecía que estaba durmiendo, pero subió a mirarnos por un momento; luego se volvió a sumergir. Las focas moteadas pueden quedar sumergidas por hasta 40 minutos.
- No tan flojas como las focas; unas medusas flotaban en la corriente, palpitando levemente, atrapando plancton con sus tentáculos. Esta es una de las "medusas de agua", Aequorea spp.
- Una medusa "luna", Aurelia labiata. Se notan su borde ondulado y sus múltiples tentáculos finos.
- Más activos: un banco de pececitos dando vueltas. A veces rompen la superficie del agua, haciendo círculos de onditas. Estos son arenques juveniles, alevines.
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