Seals have become more and more numerous along our coast in recent years, which also increases the chance that people bump into one on the beach. Many people erroneously assume that a seal on dry land is in trouble anyway, but mostly this is not the case.
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23/02/2020
Seals in Need of Rest: Keeping Distance is Crucial
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23/02/2020
Rare Beaked Whale that Washed Ashore in Ostend Turns out to be Healthy
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Kelle MoreauOn Wednesday evening 15 January a Sowerby’s beaked whale washed ashore in Ostend. An autopsy showed that the animal was probably still alive when it got into trouble in our coastal waters, no clear cause of death could be determined.
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23/02/2020
Environmental Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms in the Belgian part of the North Sea – Marking a Decade of Monitoring, Research and Innovation
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Kelle MoreauSince 2008, 318 offshore wind turbines have been installed in the Belgian part of the North Sea. Both the construction technology and the environmental impact monitoring have changed a lot during the past decade.
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20/02/2020
Desert Fish on the Menu in the Sahara 10,000 Years Ago
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Siska Van ParysFish was 10,000 years ago the main source of food for hunter-gatherers in the Libyan Sahara, which at that time was still teeming with lakes and rivers. In the archaeological site Takarkori, researchers found thousands of fossil fish bones, with traces of cutting and burning.
19/02/2020
Teeth wear reveals: dogs already domesticated during the last Ice Age
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Reinout VerbekeWear marks on 28,500-year-old teeth indicate dogs were already domesticated by hunter-gatherers during the last Ice Age. Dogs (domesticated wolves) were given harder food such as bones, while wild wolves were eating softer food.
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