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Depiction of a seal whiskers encountering vortices.

Depiction of a seal whiskers encountering vortices.
Depiction of a seal whiskers encountering vortices.
Depiction of a seal whiskers encountering vortices.
Depiction of a seal whiskers encountering vortices.
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Beem and Taylor
Depiction of a seal whiskers encountering vortices.
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01/12/2016
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Caption from Oceanus magazine, Vol. 51, No. 2, pg. 85:
The experimental results showed that as a whisker encounters vortices, it vibrates, moving up and down, perfectly over and under and in between the oncoming vortices, like a slaloming skier. Based on how much and how fast their whiskers vibrate, seals may be able to estimate the direction and size of the vortices source.
Illustration by Heather Beem and Eric S. Taylor
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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