Researchers from Curtin University and Taronga Conservation Society Australia have used a study to reveal what sounds seals and sea lions can hear and help assess how human-made noise could affect them.
Keepers trained two sea lions and two seals at Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, to respond to sounds by pressing a paddle when they heard a tone.
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