In past studies seals have been known for their whiskers to help them move objects. In circus' their whiskers help them keep their ball on their nose. In other ways their whiskers help them in catching fish and other prey. But recent studies from German researchers have shown that a seal can also detect the size and shape of a object using their whiskers. The researchers testes the seals by giving them different shapes and sizes to hold up, and they discovered that the seals have "super whiskers".
Opinion:
I think this study shows us an in site of a seal. We now know that seals do not only know how to hold up a ball, they know how much it weighs and how big it is. Just by the pressure the object puts on their whiskers. I think it shows us the thought process of the seals as the researchers observed the animals as they examined the objects. We now know the mentality of the seal and another meaning and use of there whiskers.
-Holley Hurst
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