Ms. Que Banh<p>So far, eight females from two <a href="https://beige.party/tags/seal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seal</span></a> colonies have filmed almost 90 hours of footage across more than 500km, helping <a href="https://beige.party/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> to <a href="https://beige.party/tags/map" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>map</span></a> 5,000 sq km of <a href="https://beige.party/tags/habitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>habitat</span></a>. The <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SeaLions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLions</span></a> have mapped rocky reefs and seagrass meadows along the continental shelf, and shown humans the places that are important to them.</p><p>With that information, <a href="https://beige.party/tags/conservationists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservationists</span></a> will have much clearer ideas on how to protect the country’s only endemic seal.</p><p>Goldsworthy, of the South <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Australian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Australian</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> and Development Institute <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SARDI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SARDI</span></a>, has been studying the fast-disappearing <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MarineMammal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineMammal</span></a> for 25 years. But he says the cameras are a gamechanger.</p><p>“Information has been so elusive, because they’re feeding at the bottom of the sea,” he said. “Now we get this amazing, exquisite detail. They’re giving us a window into their world that we haven’t had before.</p><p>“Just like humans know our streets, the sea lions know the sea bed in intimate detail for hundreds of kilometres and they build up this knowledge over time. They have a mental map of their environment and they are leading you to places of profound significance for them.”</p><p><a href="https://amp.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/07/australia-sea-lions-cameras-ocean-floor" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">amp.theguardian.com/environmen</span><span class="invisible">t/article/2024/aug/07/australia-sea-lions-cameras-ocean-floor</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MarineScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineScience</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MarineBiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineBiology</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/SeaLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeaLife</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/OceanConservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceanConservation</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/OceanHabitats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceanHabitats</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/OceanScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceanScience</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/MarineEcology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarineEcology</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/OceanLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceanLife</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ecological" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecological</span></a></p>