Seals are making creepy ultrasound sounds underwater, and we have no idea why


Above the water, they make a sound like bending cookies. Beneath the ice, they sound like chippers, chattering robots. Either way, Antarctica’s Waddle Seal should have no trouble finding work in the future Star Wars Project.

“The calls of the waddle seal make an almost unbelievable, other worldwide sound under the ice,” said Paul Czico, a visiting professor at the University of Reg Reagan and lead author of the new study describing the strange seal sounds. “It really feels like you’re in the middle of a space war Star Wars, Laser beams and all. “

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