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Of these habitats, how are theyre using these highly tidal areas around the north coast of scotland. and we are certainly seeing that these areas do seem to be important for harbour seals around this area. and indeed, we do see animals coming relatively close to the turbines, but its really that fine scale behaviour that were really interested in. what do animals do when they really come close to the turbines? to answer this unknown, sinking a monitor next to a turbine might be key. so, douglas,...

Oh, yeah. we have one on the end of the slip down here, yeah. so, some of the initial research was actually designed to look at how animals are actually using some of these habitats, how are they using these highly tidal areas around the north coast of scotland. and we are certainly seeing that these areas do seem to be important for harbour seals around this area. and indeed, we do see animals coming relatively close to the turbines, but its really that fine scale behaviour that were really int...

And the question is then, as the flow increases and the turbine goes into production and the blades spin faster, do the fish remain, do the predators come back, do we have an impact on those predators, and is it a detrimental impact? and its crucial to develop these kinds of turbines in a way that doesnt harm these creatures, which are already under threat from other factors. we are certainly seeing that these areas seem to be important for harbour seals around this area and, indeed, we do see a...

Submerged underwater? can you take us through the technology here? thats right. of course, yeah. so, the two main sensor technologies weve got are the active sonars were using for tracking seals, primarily, so they dont make much noise underwater, so these send out a very, very high frequency ping which is too loud for the animals to hear and be disturbed by, and they listen for the echo, and they can build up an image of exactly where the animals are around the turbine. and the other sensor tha...

So the due main sensor technologies that we have our active soon as using for tracking seals, primarily, so they dont make noise underwater, so they send out a very, very high frequency ping which is too loud for the animals to hear and be disturbed by, and they listen for the echo, and they can build up an image of exactly where the animals are around the turbine. on the other sensor that weve got is underneath this protective housing here, which is the passive hyper queens beach are listening ...

So the two main sensor technologies weve got are the active sonars were using for tracking seals, primarily, so they dont make much noise underwater, so these send out a very, very high frequency ping which is too loud for the animals to hear and be disturbed by, and they listen for the echo, and they can build up an image of exactly where the animals are around the turbine. on the other sensor that weve got it is underneath this protective housing here, which is passive hydrophones, which are l...

Oh, yeah. we have one on the end of the slip down here. yeah. so, some of the initial research was actually designed to look at how animals are actually using some of these habitats, how are theyre using these highly tidal areas around the north coast of scotland. and we are certainly seeing that these areas do seem to be important for harbour seals around this area. and indeed, we do see animals coming relatively close to the turbines, but its really that fine scale behaviour that were really i...

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The sunny beach. >> good point. stay out of the water. five miles of water in chatham, massachusetts, on cape cod has been closed off to swimmers because of that. a great white shark right there. one of the sharks is with himming only about 100 yards offshore. people are still heading to the beach, but not swimming, just going to see the sharks. experts say those sharks are likely tracking seals. ♪ keep feeling fascination ♪ passion burning ♪ love is so strong ♪

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