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Streaming Video Records Sea Lions' Lives
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October 5, 2006
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Just call this steamy video, not streaming video. On an island in the Gulf of Alaska, cameras are providing streaming video and sound of some of the most intimate moments in the lives of endangered Steller sea lions.
This time of year, the cameras are trained on mothers nursing their pups at the small rookery on Chiswell Island, 35 miles south of Seward. During late May through early July, researchers get a peek into the breeding behavior of the dominant bulls.
Fortunately, the sea lions aren't shy. They're oblivious to the camera that zooms in when something particularly interesting occurs.
"We see a lot of things that, of course, are very private. But, of course, ...