Nonilex<p>Recognizing the interconnection of human & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> is essential, as the stress in one often affects the other.</p><p>If you see a marine mammal in distress, please give them space and call the Marine Mammal Care Center’s Marine Mammal Hotline at 1-800-39-WHALE (94253).</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarineMammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineMammals</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeaLions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLions</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dolphins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dolphins</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Crisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crisis</span></a> On The Coast: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DomoicAcid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DomoicAcid</span></a> Poisoning Strands 140 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeaLions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLions</span></a> & 50 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dolphins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dolphins</span></a> On <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> Beaches<br>The recent influx of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marine</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> affected by domoic acid poisoning off the coast of Southern California underscores a critical <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> crisis, w/≧140 sea lions suffering from this debilitating poison & reports of at least 50 stranded dolphins along local beaches.<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/algae" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algae</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OceanWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceanWarming</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a><br><a href="https://worldanimalnews.com/crisis-on-the-coast-domoic-acid-poisoning-strands-140-sea-lions-and-50-dolphins-on-california-beaches/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">worldanimalnews.com/crisis-on-</span><span class="invisible">the-coast-domoic-acid-poisoning-strands-140-sea-lions-and-50-dolphins-on-california-beaches/</span></a></p>
CAPETOX<p>Ladrones de botes 😂😂😂<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Naturaleza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Naturaleza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sealions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sealions</span></a></p>
earthling<p>A sick sea lion is rescued to be evaluated by volunteers from the Channel Islands Marine & Wildlife Institute. Over 100 marine mammals and birds have been affected by domoic acid poisoning from algal blooms in southern California since February, Santa Barbara, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a></p><p>Photograph: David Swanson/AFP/Getty Images </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/photography" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>photography</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AnimalRescue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnimalRescue</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeaLions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLions</span></a></p>
Kate :verigold:<p>[Raum-Suryan et al.] The First Satellite Flipper Tag Deployments on Steller Sea Lions Allow Tracking Beyond the Annual Molt <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70010?af=R" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10</span><span class="invisible">.1111/mms.70010?af=R</span></a> 🦭 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SeaLions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLions</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineMammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineMammals</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineBiology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pinnipeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pinnipeds</span></a></p>
Kate :verigold:<p>Surge in poisoned sea lions threatens beachgoers, burdens rescuers in Southern California <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-03-surge-poisoned-sea-lions-threatens.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-03-surge-po</span><span class="invisible">isoned-sea-lions-threatens.html</span></a> 🦭 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SeaLions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLions</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineMammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineMammals</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineBiology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pinnipeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pinnipeds</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ClimateEmergency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateEmergency</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OceanPollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceanPollution</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarinePollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarinePollution</span></a></p>
Wisdom in Space<p>I think that it's an honorable thing to change your mind occasionally. I don't think it's a sign of weakness or lack of integrity. I believe men are united by their doubts and separated by their convictions. Therefore, it's a very good thing to have doubts. Doubts are the greatest spur to activity that I know of.<br> -- Peter Ustinov</p><p>⬆ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quotes</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PeterUstinov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeterUstinov</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Doubt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Doubt</span></a></p><p>⬇ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panorama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Panorama</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Sealions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sealions</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Beach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beach</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Galapagos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Galapagos</span></a></p>
Kate :verigold:<p>[Martin et al.] Report of Two Rare Cases of Allonursing and Fostering in the Cape Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus pusillus) in Namibia <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70014?af=R" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10</span><span class="invisible">.1111/mms.70014?af=R</span></a> 🦭 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SeaLions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLions</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seals</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineMammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineMammals</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineBiology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pinnipeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pinnipeds</span></a></p>
Kate :verigold:<p>Tooth size in South American sea lions reflects historical shifts in population abundance <a href="https://phys.org/news/2025-03-tooth-size-south-american-sea.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2025-03-tooth-si</span><span class="invisible">ze-south-american-sea.html</span></a> 🦭 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SeaLions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLions</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineMammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineMammals</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineLife</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MarineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineBiology</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Pinnipeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pinnipeds</span></a></p>
Catherine Babault<p>Bald eagles and sea lions fighting over herring that have just spawn as you can see from the colour of the sea.</p><p>Photo taken during my photo tours in the last few days on the east coast of Vancouver Island. </p><p>The herring spawn is still going strong and I have some availability this week for tours: <a href="https://www.catherinebabault.com/workshops" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">catherinebabault.com/workshops</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HerringSpawn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HerringSpawn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BritishColumbia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishColumbia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WildlifePhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildlifePhotography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhotoTours" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhotoTours</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VancouverIslandWildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIslandWildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BaldEagles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BaldEagles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SeaLions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BirdsOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdsOfMastodon</span></a></p>
Giuseppe Michieli<p>Unprecedented number of <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/sick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sick</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/stranded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stranded</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/sealions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sealions</span></a> being found on <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/LA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LA</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/beaches" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beaches</span></a> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/unprecedented-number-sick-sea-lions-found-la-beaches-rcna195475" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/news/us-news/unpre</span><span class="invisible">cedented-number-sick-sea-lions-found-la-beaches-rcna195475</span></a> </p><p>An unusually high number of disoriented marine mammals, sickened by a toxic algae bloom, is being found along Southern California’s coast, prompting concerns 2025 could be the deadliest year yet.</p>
Adrianna Tan<p>At the point in the world where I would rather watch hours of sea lion screaming than whatever else is on tv </p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/3VvioE0ziPk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/3VvioE0ziPk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marine</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sealions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sealions</span></a></p>
Andrew Flenniken Photography<p>(Cross-posted from my site, where there's an additional photo: <a href="https://andrewflenniken.com/2025/03/03/march-3rd-2025-world-wildlife-day/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">andrewflenniken.com/2025/03/03</span><span class="invisible">/march-3rd-2025-world-wildlife-day/</span></a>)</p><p>A couple of wildlife photos, in honor of World Wildlife Day.</p><p>Wildlife should matter to everyone, and does whether they realize it or not. Our environment is a system of systems, and those natural systems interact with human built ones in a multitude of ways large and small. Wildlife are the ambassadors for those systems. Healthy abundant wildlife means healthy wilderness, which makes those points of contact with human systems healthy. If you like clean air and clean water and the things that rely on them (hint: it's everything), wildlife and wilderness play a big role in those things existing. Defending them is self-defense. We're not separate from them in any meaningful way except physical distance.</p><p>Frequently not even that! The photos in today's post were taken in a town park (the elk), and on an afternoon whale watching tour.</p><p>Wildlife is closer than you think. Go see some! You'll enjoy it.</p><p>Gear: Nikon D750, Nikon Z 7II, Sigma 150-600mm f5-6.3, Sigma 1.4 Teleconverter</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/WorldWildLifeDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWildLifeDay</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SeaLions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLions</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Elk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elk</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Nikon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nikon</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NikonCreators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NikonCreators</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NikonZ7II" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NikonZ7II</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/SigmaLens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SigmaLens</span></a></p>
Adrianna Tan<p>Next time some guy mansplains anything to me I'm going to just post this video of a sea lion in response to him</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hkFaAUe3f6s" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/hkFaAUe3f6s</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sealions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sealions</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Pinnepeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pinnepeds</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marine</span></a></p>
JdeB<p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SeaShepherd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaShepherd</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SeaLions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLions</span></a> </p><p>"Protecting Endangered Sea Lions with a Brand New Campaign | Sea Shepherd Australia" [3:13 min]<br>by Sea Shepherd</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHM5lv34Ij0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=fHM5lv34Ij</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a> </p><p>Quote by SS:<br>" Feb 24, 2025<br>LAUNCHING NOW IN AUSTRALIA: The Australian Sea Lion Defence Campaign.<br>After the resounding success of Operation Jeedara, we’re returning to the Great Australian Bight to defend, conserve, and protect one of Australia’s most endangered marine species — the Australian sea lion.<br> Once hunted for their fur, these iconic marine mammals have suffered a staggering 60% decline in just four decades, leading to their up-listing from 'Vulnerable' to 'Endangered' under Australian environmental law. Now, with climate change, habitat destruction, bycatch, and pollution threatening their survival, urgent action is needed.<br>💙 What We’re Doing:<br>✅ Conducting vital pup surveys to monitor population health<br>✅ Exploring artificial shelters for thermal relief to reduce pup mortality<br>✅ Using drone technology to assess body condition<br>✅ Restoring critical habitat for the species’ recovery<br>Like we’ve done in Africa and Tuvalu, Sea Shepherd Australia is stepping up, providing a boat and crew supporting Australian sea lion recovery efforts and the protection of vast areas of marine wildlife habitat alongside the South Australia Department for Environment and Water’s National Parks and Wildlife Service.<br>With your support, we can help give these sea lions the chance to thrive. Stay tuned for updates from the field.<br>Learn more here: <br>-> seashepherd.org.au/our-campaigns/australian-sea-lion-defence-campaign/ <-</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TakeCareForLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakeCareForLife</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/TakeCareForEarth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TakeCareForEarth</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopBurningThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopBurningThings</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopEcoside" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopEcoside</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopThePlunder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopThePlunder</span></a><br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ClimateBreakDown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateBreakDown</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/StopRapingNature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopRapingNature</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>It's like 'dead birds flying': How <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BirdFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdFlu</span></a> is spreading in the wild </p><p>By Gabrielle Emanuel, Goats And Soda<br>February 7, 20257:12 AM ET</p><p>"A little over a year ago, Marcela Uhart was walking on the beach in Punta Delgada, Argentina. It was peak breeding session on this peninsula known for its rich marine wildlife. Usually, the salty breeze brought with it the sounds of baby elephant seals calling to their moms in high pitched yells.</p><p>"'This time it was silent,' recalls Uhart. 'The beaches were just loaded with carcasses. We saw basically every [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElephantSeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElephantSeal</span></a>] pup dead. We estimate about 18,000 dead baby elephant seals.'</p><p>"Dead from bird flu.</p><p>"And it wasn't just elephant seals. There were <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/terns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terns</span></a> – with their yellow beaks and black heads – stumbling about having seizures on the sand. The scene played out again and again in the weeks that followed, up and down the coastline. 'It was like birds falling out of the sky, dead,' she says.</p><p>"Uhart is a veterinarian and director of the Latin America Program at the Karen C. Drayer Wildlife Health Center at University of California, Davis. She arrived at the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PuntaDelgada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PuntaDelgada</span></a> beach suited up in a white hazmat suit, gloves and goggles in October 2023 ready to take samples and document the decimation. She's been tracking bird flu as it goes from one bird species to another — from seabirds to waterfowl to birds of prey — and then to marine mammals from sea lions to dolphins and then, sometimes, jumping back to birds.</p><p>"'It's just like wildfire. I mean it just killed everything it encountered,' she says, speaking to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> from <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Argentina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Argentina</span></a>.</p><p>"In the U.S., bird flu headlines have focused on an unprecedented number of American cases and the impact of the virus on dairy cows and on poultry farms. But wildlife researchers like Uhart say the dramatic scene in Argentina is evidence that something new — and ominous — is going on with the virus that causes bird flu. And that ignoring it puts human health in peril. </p><p>A 'relay race' that started in 2020 and 2021</p><p>"'I've been studying flu viruses closely since 1980 and there are days when I wake up feeling like I know less about flu now than I did 10 years ago,' says Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. That's especially true, he says, of bird flu.</p><p>"The particular virus that causes bird flu — H5N1 — itself is not new. It's a disease that originated in east Asia, first detected in China in 1996. The virus has mostly terrorized poultry farms and led to massive culling. It has occasionally spilled over to humans, causing some 400 deaths over the decades, but rarely spreads human-to-human. And while it has jumped over into wild birds periodically — killing many birds in many places — it never took off globally.</p><p>"Then came 2020 and 2021, when the version that's driving the current outbreak emerged.</p><p>"The virus evolved so some wild birds are able to migrate just far enough to reach another bird community or mammal population to pass the virus on before dying.</p><p>"'What you see here is like a relay race,' Uhart says. 'We were all skeptical that this could be possible, but then somehow this started happening.'</p><p>"'We've gone from this concept of dead birds don't fly to this new virus that seems to be a bit more like dead bird flying,' explains Erik Karlsson, head of the Virology Unit at the Institut Pasteur du Cambodge in Cambodia and the director of the National Influenza Center of Cambodia.</p><p>"This means that the virus doesn't just stick around on poultry farms and periodically jump over into wildlife, but can sustain itself in wild birds, moving from one flock to the next without burning itself out.</p><p>"Scientists are still trying to understand exactly how the virus spreads between animals. One theory is that scavenger birds feast on mammal carcasses 'that are loaded with virus, then they get infected, obviously, and can spread it easily on their feet or beaks,' says Uhart. Another theory, she says: "It could be that [animals] poop in the water and the other animals drink [that water].' [That's what I think...]</p><p>"One theory of transmission is that birds come into contact with animals, like these elephant seal pups, who have died of bird flu — and pick up the virus.</p><p>How far can dead birds fly?</p><p>"Wild birds are particularly well suited to take this virus global — and fast.</p><p>"'If the natural reservoir for this virus was any other animal species than birds, we might expect to see it only located on a certain continent because animals don't swim across oceans. They don't climb over mountain ranges. The one animal species that does is birds,' says Osterholm.</p><p>"Traveling in infected wild birds, the virus took off and jumped over to North America in late 2021. From there, it went to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAmerica</span></a> leaving, destruction in its wake.</p><p>"'In South America, it traveled the 6,000 kilometer spine in about six months,' says Michelle Wille, senior research fellow at the Center for Pathogen Genomics at the University of Melbourne. 'So this is a virus that's not assisted by airplanes. This is a virus that's traveling by mass mortality after mass mortality after mass mortality after mass mortality.' It is killing not just birds in large numbers but also mammals, like elephant seals and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeaLions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLions</span></a>, as well as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/porpoises" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>porpoises</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dolphins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dolphins</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/otters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otters</span></a> to a lesser degree.</p><p>"This year, South America has been a lot quieter. 'Surprisingly, Brazil does not have these recent cases in wild birds,' says Helena Lage Ferreira, a veterinary biologist at the University of São Paulo who studies <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AvianFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AvianFlu</span></a>. Her team has tried to determine whether the birds have acquired <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/immunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immunity</span></a>. So far, results have been unclear. 'It's very difficult to understand," she says.</p><p>"Meanwhile, there's a new part of the planet at risk. Researchers are realizing the virus is now plaguing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Antarctica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Antarctica</span></a>.</p><p>"They worry about this trend because Antarctica is a particularly hard place to study — and many of the animals that live there don't live elsewhere in the world. Even if there are researchers on the ground to collect samples, 'you have to wait for months and months on months, until those samples actually get to a lab, potentially also in the opposite hemisphere of the world,' says Uhart. And, by that time, she speculates, the virus will have already spread much further.</p><p>"This adds to a broader problem: Globally, nobody knows how many wild animals the virus has killed.</p><p>"'No one's counting. We have no idea,' says Wille. 'It is a global catastrophe'<br>Wildlife with the virus are bad news for humans</p><p>"Researchers say the rapid spread is catastrophic for the animal species that are being hard hit. For example, in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Peru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peru</span></a>, thousands of Peruvian <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pelicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pelicans</span></a> have died. 'In a few weeks, almost one in two individuals of a species that just completely disappeared,' says Wille. And, she adds, it's still too early to know how these mass die-offs will impact ecosystems but it's likely to be significant.</p><p>"On top of that, this matters for human health.</p><p>"Wille and a team of other wildlife experts estimate that millions of birds have been infected and died, and tens of thousands of marine mammals have died. Each animal that is infected — particularly mammals — is another chance for the virus to evolve and become better suited to infecting people.</p><p>"This rapid evolution was evident earlier this year, when the first U.S. person — from Louisiana — died of bird flu. When scientists sequenced the virus from different organs from the body, they found 'the virus was changing within,' says Uhart. While this patient didn't pass the virus on to other people, Uhart says this case indicates how quickly the virus can change.</p><p>"There's another element in this genetic game. The virus is able to mix and match its genes with local influenza viruses if one animal is infected with multiple flu viruses. As this highly deadly bird flu virus arrives in new places it can mingle with a big pool of less deadly flu viruses and create new 'Frankenstein' viruses, explains Wille.</p><p>"And with each genetic change, there is the chance the virus could become more severe.</p><p>"At the moment, the virus can infect humans but has not yet evolved to jump readily from one human to another. That could change.</p><p>"And without keeping up with the virus's journey in wild animals, experts worry, humans will be caught unprepared and ill-equipped to tackle bird flu.</p><p>"'Ever since <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/H5N1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H5N1</span></a> [bird flu] showed up,' says Osterholm, 'I tend to sleep with one eye open.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/02/07/g-s1-46402/bird-flu-wild-animals-mammals-virus?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/sections/goats-and-sod</span><span class="invisible">a/2025/02/07/g-s1-46402/bird-flu-wild-animals-mammals-virus?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HPAINews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HPAINews</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HPAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HPAI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AvianInfluenza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AvianInfluenza</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BirdFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdFlu</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USHealth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CDCCensorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDCCensorship</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorldHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldHealth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Extinction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wildlife</span></a></p>
Ali Clarke :flag_tino:<p>A bit of squabbling going on in Ōtepoti … 🦭</p><p><a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/MarineMammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineMammals</span></a> <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/SeaLions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLions</span></a> <a href="https://cloudisland.nz/tags/seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seals</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/bickering-beach" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/bickeri</span><span class="invisible">ng-beach</span></a></p>
Dragofix<p>Seals and Sea Lions: Scoundrels or Scapegoats? <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQhhZbKLAx0" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=UQhhZbKLAx</span><span class="invisible">0</span></a></p><p><a href="https://veganism.social/tags/AnimalRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AnimalRights</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>seals</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/sealions" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sealions</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/Harpseals" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Harpseals</span></a> <a href="https://veganism.social/tags/fishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fishing</span></a></p>
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>by <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MarineParks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineParks</span></a> and a plan to transfer those currently held captive to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SeaPens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaPens</span></a> so that they can spend the remainder of their lives in, at least, a more natural environment.</p><p>But what happens to the animals? <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Marineland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marineland</span></a> has announced plans to relocate all 4,000 animals, including <a href="https://mas.to/tags/dolphins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dolphins</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/SeaLions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLions</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/turtles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>turtles</span></a>, and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a>, to new homes in existing facilities. However, the main concern for many is the fate of the two remaining <a href="https://mas.to/tags/orcas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>orcas</span></a>, Wikie (23) and her son Keijo (11), both born in captivity.</p><p>2/3</p>
Adrianna Tan<p>I feel lucky that I can see, and smell, this bunch of unruly sea lions on my way to work and here is a video of them TUMBLING into the water</p><p><a href="https://abc7news.com/post/avalanche-sea-lions-tumbles-waters-monterey-harbor-video-shows/15591544/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">abc7news.com/post/avalanche-se</span><span class="invisible">a-lions-tumbles-waters-monterey-harbor-video-shows/15591544/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Marine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Marine</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/MarineMammals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineMammals</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Monterey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monterey</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Sealions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sealions</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Pinnepeds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pinnepeds</span></a></p>
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