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last update: Jan 02, 2008 01:14 PM
Video clips of seals, whales, penguins etc...
Deadly Sonar
Deafeningly loud sonar is a proven danger to marine life, but its use throughout the world's oceans is spreading. This powerful movie, brought to you by the Natural Resources Defense Council and narrated by Pierce Brosnan, shows what sonar does to whales caught within its range, and explains how whales, dolphins and other marine animals can be protected from deadly sonar. www.nrdc.org/wildlife/marine/
"What to do about Whales?"
This is the trailer for the Second Nature film "What to do about Whales?" co-produced by the International Fund for Animal Welfare.
Emperor Penguin - Long Winter Wait
Emperor penguins breed in the heart of the Antarctic winter when temperatures reach -60°C -- cold enough to make human skin freeze and teeth crack. They waddle and toboggan for up to 60km across the frozen sea to reach their breeding colonies, where they huddle tightly together to keep warm. After egg-laying, all the females return to the ocean to feed, leaving each male carefully balancing a single egg on his feet, warming it in a special pouch on his belly. The male starves for up to 16 weeks as he waits for hatching, through the endless night of the Antarctic winter -- yet he still manages to feed his newly hatched chick, using a special milk-like substance made by the breakdown of his own body tissue. But will his mate return in time to take over, before his growing hunger forces him to abandon the egg?
Polar Bear Attacks Ring Seal
Sometimes coming up for air might not be such a good idea, especially if there's a hungry polar bear prowling about.
Polar Bear Threatened With Extinction
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service formally proposed to list the polar bear as "threatened" with extinction under the Endangered Species Act. This follows a multi-year court battle by environmental groups to protect the bear from the impacts of global warming in the Arctic, including the rapid disappearance of the polar bear's sea-ice habitat. The decision is in response to a petition brought by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and other environmental groups. Listing under the United States Endangered Species Act will provide broad protection to polar bears, including a requirement that U.S. federal agencies will be obliged to ensure that any action they authorize, fund, or carry out will not jeopardize the polar bears continued existence or adversely modify its critical habitat. Polar bears live only in the Arctic and are totally dependent on the sea ice for all of their essential needs, including hunting for their prey of ice seals. The rapid warming of the Arctic and melting of the sea ice poses an overwhelming threat to polar bears, which could become the first mammal to lose 100 percent of their habitat to global warming. Recent science has indicated that time is short for the polar bear. The arctic ice cap shrunk to a record low, and recent studies indicate the North Pole could be ice free by 2040. The polar bear population has declined from approximately 1200 bears in 1987 to fewer than 950 bears in 2004. For more information log onto www.nrdc.org.
Southern Ocean - Chinstrap Penguins on Half Moon Island
This video was taken in November 2006 on Half Moon Island, South Shetlands near the Antarctic Peninsula. My favourite penguins, the chinstrap penguins, can be found on this island. There are also a few stray gentoo penguins around (they seem to be everywhere).
Close Encounter of the Leopard Seal Kind
Paul Nicklen (National Geographic photographer) shares the incredible story of his personal encounter with a predatory leopard seal in the frigid waters of the Antarctic.
