Seals are usually tagged by glueing a tag onto their head or body. The
hair is shaved first (and usually the animal is anaesthetized first with
a dart or something similar - big seals are pretty nasty), then the tag
is applied.
XoPuSh143Xo@aol.com wrote:
>
> hello how do they tag the saeals?
--Phillip J. Clapham, Ph.D. Large Whale Biology Program Northeast Fisheries Science Center 166 Water Street Woods Hole, MA 02543, U.S.A.
tel. 508 495-2316 fax 508 495-2066 email: pclapham@whsun1.wh.whoi.edu
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