Listen to nature: explore sea wildlife sounds
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| Bonin Petrel Pterodroma hypoleuca | |
| calls, recorded by David Mellor, 22 December 1997, Midway Atoll, Hawaiian Islands. | |
| California Sealion Zalophus californianus | |
| recorded by Richard Ranft, November 1984, London Zoo, England. | |
| Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri | |
| braying, recorded by Mark Dawson, August 1973, British Antarctic Territories, Antarctica. | |
| Gannet Morus bassanus | |
| colony, recorded by Laurence Shove, 18 May 1965, Grassholm, Pembrokeshire, Wales. | |
| Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus | |
| knocking sounds recorded in captivity, recorded by A. D. Hawkins, 1968, Aberdeen, Scotland. | |
| Harp Seal Pagophilus groenlandicus | |
| recorded by Arturo Serrano, 7 March 2000, Magdalen Islands, Quebec, Canada. | |
| Harp Seal Pagophilus groenlandicus | |
| recorded by Jonathan Gordon, March 1988, Gulf of St Lawrence, Canada. | |
| Herring Gull Larus argentatus | |
| sounds of chick in egg before hatching, recorded by Richard Ranft, 21 May 1986, Skokholm Island, Dyfed, Wales. | |
| John Dory Zeus faber | |
| recorded with a hydrophone, recorded by A. D. Hawkins, Aberdeen, Scotland. | |
| Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla | |
| calls, recorded by William Pedley, 26 July 1974, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England. | |
| Red-throated Diver Gavia stellata | |
| a pair calling, recorded by William Sinclair, 15 April 1991, Wester Ross, Scotland. | |
| Rough sea with heavy surf on large sandy beach after storm | |
| recorded by Paul Duck, 28 February 1996, Whitesand Bay, Cornwall, England. | |
| Rough sea, waves rushing through a narrow gully | |
| recorded by Paul Duck, 1 March 1996, Kynance Cove, Cornwall, England. | |
| Sea Otter Enhydra lutris | |
| recorded by A. Zimenko, 14 July 1983, Medny Island, Komandor Islands, Russian Federation. | |
| Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba | |
| echolocation clicks, recorded by International Fund for Animal Welfare, 22 June 1994, Longitude 7 53' 57" E, Latitude 43 20' 28" N, Mediterranean Sea. | |
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