Elephant Seal Movies

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Duration: 10 minutes
Language: Spanish
File size: 32.8 Mb
Download time:
  DSL/cable: 9 - 28 minutes
56k modem: Not advised

Format: QuickTime

Copyright restrictions: None

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 9730462.
This 10 minute Spanish language video is high enough quality to be projected and played in the classroom. Dr. Nora Vazquez Laslop narrates an introduction to the biology of elephant seals. Includes footage of harems, shark predation, fighting males and females, mating, birth, death and migration. Also features a discussion of census taking by Dr. Juan Pablo Gallo Reynoso and shows high school students participating in research on Isla Guadalupe. This video is available in VHS format from CSU Monterey Bay. Contact Dr. Henrik Kibak at (831)582-4144.

Duration: 5 minutes 14 seconds
Language: English
File size: 32.8 Mb
Download time:
  DSL/cable: 9 - 28 minutes
56k modem: Not advised

Format: QuickTime

Copyright restrictions: None
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 9730462 This English version of our introductory video is also high enough quality to be projected in the classroom. Dan Baron narrates an overview of the biology of elephant seals. Includes footage of harems, shark predation, fighting males and females, mating, birth, death and migration. Also features a discussion of census taking by Dr. Juan Pablo Gallo Reynoso and shows high school students participating in research on Isla Guadalupe and visiting a rookery on the central Californian coast.

Duration: 2 minutes, 45 seconds
Language: None
File size: 55.2 Mb
Download time:
   DSL/cable: 9-13 minutes
   56k modem: Not advised

Format:QuickTime

Copyright restrictions: None
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 9730462 900 days at Ano Nuevo is actually a Quicktime Slideshow compilation of 900 photographs, one per day, taken by the radiocam at 9:00am. Constructed by Jotham Fisher-Smith, this file is a tremendous tool in the classroom if you are able to download it ahead of time. You can play the time-lapse movie if you wish, but the real power comes in stopping it, and stepping through day-by-day using the arrow keys on your keyboard!

Duration: 2 minutes
Language: Spanish
File size: 6.8 Mb
Download time:
  DSL/cable: 30 seconds - 2 minutes
56k modem:

Format: QuickTime streaming

Copyright restrictions: None
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 9730462
With a sleeping subadult male an the hills of San Simeon as a backdrop, Dr. Juan Pablo Gallo-Reynoso reviews tagging techniques and the value of elephant seals in monitoring the health of the deep northern Pacific ecosystem.

Duration: 6 seconds
Language: None
File size: 971 Kb
Download time:
  DSL/cable: 18 seconds
  56k modem:

Format: MPEG

Copyright restrictions: None Elephant seal mothers are generally hostile to pups other than their own... a behavioral adaptation that prevents her limited milk supply from being used by other pups.

Duration: 2 minutes, 45 seconds
Language: None
File size: 16.7 Mb
Download time:
   DSL/cable: 5-10 minutes
   56k modem: Not advised

Format:QuickTime

Copyright restrictions: None
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 9730462
The RadioCam withstands the onslaught of a winter storm but the elephant seal pups do not. Over 200 pups drowned along the coast during those two days. Three were recovered by the Marine Mammal Center and eventually released. Remember, the best way to use this QuickTime Slide Show is to download it ahead of time and use the arrow keys to page through the images.

"Great Athletes"
Duration: 1 minute
Language: English
File size: 3.3 Mb
Download time:
   DSL/cable: 5-10 seconds
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Format:QuickTime

Copyright restrictions: Dan Costa and UC Santa Cruz. Used by permission.
Excerpt from lecture by Professor Dan Costa in the fall of 2001 describing data from time-depth recorders showing the tremendous effort of one seal over a 160-day period.

"Surfacers,

not divers."
Duration: 30 seconds
Language: English
File size: 1.7 Mb
Download time:
   DSL/cable: 5-10 seconds
   56k modem:

Format:QuickTime

Copyright restrictions: Dan Costa and UC Santa Cruz. Used by permission.
Excerpt from lecture by Professor Dan Costa in the fall of 2001 developing the concept that the surface of the ocean is the unusual environment for these seals who spend 90% of their time deep in the ocean.

"The Three Main Adaptations"
Duration: 30 seconds
Language: English
File size: 1.7 Mb
Download time:
   DSL/cable: 5-10 seconds
   56k modem:

Format:QuickTime

Copyright restrictions: Dan Costa and UC Santa Cruz. Used by permission.
Excerpt from lecture by Professor Dan Costa in the fall of 2001. Efficient swimming, buoyancy control, and oxygen storage are major areas where selection has operated.

"Aerobic Dive Limit"
Duration: 30 seconds
Language: English
File size: 1.7 Mb
Download time:
   DSL/cable: 5-10 seconds
   56k modem:

Format:QuickTime

Copyright restrictions: Dan Costa and UC Santa Cruz. Used by permission.
Excerpt from lecture by Professor Dan Costa in the fall of 2001 explaining the simple math behind the concept of the aerobic dive limit.



"Click" on the Movie to play it or... "Right-Click" the Movie and choose "Save Target As" to save the movie to your computer for later use. Remember, "Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation."

	Duration: 10 minutes Language: Spanish File size: 32.8 Mb Download time: DSL/cable: 9 - 28 minutes 56k modem: Not advised Format: QuickTime Copyright restrictions: None This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 9730462.	This 10 minute Spanish language video is high enough quality to be projected and played in the classroom. Dr. Nora Vazquez Laslop narrates an introduction to the biology of elephant seals. Includes footage of harems, shark predation, fighting males and females, mating, birth, death and migration. Also features a discussion of census taking by Dr. Juan Pablo Gallo Reynoso and shows high school students participating in research on Isla Guadalupe. This video is available in VHS format from CSU Monterey Bay. Contact Dr. Henrik Kibak at (831)582-4144.

	Duration: 5 minutes 14 seconds Language: English File size: 32.8 Mb Download time: DSL/cable: 9 - 28 minutes 56k modem: Not advised Format: QuickTime Copyright restrictions: None This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 9730462	This English version of our introductory video is also high enough quality to be projected in the classroom. Dan Baron narrates an overview of the biology of elephant seals. Includes footage of harems, shark predation, fighting males and females, mating, birth, death and migration. Also features a discussion of census taking by Dr. Juan Pablo Gallo Reynoso and shows high school students participating in research on Isla Guadalupe and visiting a rookery on the central Californian coast.


	Duration: 2 minutes, 45 seconds Language: None File size: 55.2 Mb Download time: DSL/cable: 9-13 minutes 56k modem: Not advised Format:QuickTime Copyright restrictions: None This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 9730462	900 days at Ano Nuevo is actually a Quicktime Slideshow compilation of 900 photographs, one per day, taken by the radiocam at 9:00am. Constructed by Jotham Fisher-Smith, this file is a tremendous tool in the classroom if you are able to download it ahead of time. You can play the time-lapse movie if you wish, but the real power comes in stopping it, and stepping through day-by-day using the arrow keys on your keyboard!

	Duration: 2 minutes Language: Spanish File size: 6.8 Mb Download time: DSL/cable: 30 seconds - 2 minutes 56k modem: Format: QuickTime streaming Copyright restrictions: None This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 9730462	With a sleeping subadult male an the hills of San Simeon as a backdrop, Dr. Juan Pablo Gallo-Reynoso reviews tagging techniques and the value of elephant seals in monitoring the health of the deep northern Pacific ecosystem.

	Duration: 6 seconds Language: None File size: 971 Kb Download time: DSL/cable: 18 seconds 56k modem: Format: MPEG Copyright restrictions: None	Elephant seal mothers are generally hostile to pups other than their own... a behavioral adaptation that prevents her limited milk supply from being used by other pups.

	Duration: 2 minutes, 45 seconds Language: None File size: 16.7 Mb Download time: DSL/cable: 5-10 minutes 56k modem: Not advised Format:QuickTime Copyright restrictions: None This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 9730462	The RadioCam withstands the onslaught of a winter storm but the elephant seal pups do not. Over 200 pups drowned along the coast during those two days. Three were recovered by the Marine Mammal Center and eventually released. Remember, the best way to use this QuickTime Slide Show is to download it ahead of time and use the arrow keys to page through the images.

*"Great Athletes*"	Duration: 1 minute Language: English File size: 3.3 Mb Download time: DSL/cable: 5-10 seconds 56k modem: Format:QuickTime Copyright restrictions: Dan Costa and UC Santa Cruz. Used by permission.	Excerpt from lecture by Professor Dan Costa in the fall of 2001 describing data from time-depth recorders showing the tremendous effort of one seal over a 160-day period.

*"Surfacers,* not divers."	Duration: 30 seconds Language: English File size: 1.7 Mb Download time: DSL/cable: 5-10 seconds 56k modem: Format:QuickTime Copyright restrictions: Dan Costa and UC Santa Cruz. Used by permission.	Excerpt from lecture by Professor Dan Costa in the fall of 2001 developing the concept that the surface of the ocean is the unusual environment for these seals who spend 90% of their time deep in the ocean.

*"The Three Main Adaptations"*	Duration: 30 seconds Language: English File size: 1.7 Mb Download time: DSL/cable: 5-10 seconds 56k modem: Format:QuickTime Copyright restrictions: Dan Costa and UC Santa Cruz. Used by permission.	Excerpt from lecture by Professor Dan Costa in the fall of 2001. Efficient swimming, buoyancy control, and oxygen storage are major areas where selection has operated.

*"Aerobic Dive Limit"*	Duration: 30 seconds Language: English File size: 1.7 Mb Download time: DSL/cable: 5-10 seconds 56k modem: Format:QuickTime Copyright restrictions: Dan Costa and UC Santa Cruz. Used by permission.	Excerpt from lecture by Professor Dan Costa in the fall of 2001 explaining the simple math behind the concept of the aerobic dive limit.