Marine Mammal Trainers

Jenny Montague, Marine Mammal Trainer at New England Aquarium in Boston, Massachusetts, and her colleagues share tales of daily life working with harbor seals and fur seals.

7/30/08

#33: What's in a Name?

Some may think that " Chainsaw " is an unusual name for a fur seal, much less a female fur seal. The reason behind the moniker is ...

7/24/08

#32: Molting

The air is warm, the sun is bright and the faint (and sometimes not so faint) aroma of sunbathing harbor seals fills the air. Summer is molt...

#31: Flipper Stand part 2

[new video coming soon...] There are many different ways to train a behavior. Often a combination of approaches is good. It depends on how y...

7/22/08

#30: Voluntary Injection

During the course of the year our harbor seals and fur seals receive several vaccines. Training the seals to accept these injections volunta...

7/17/08

#29: Seal Origins

A lot of people ask us, "how did you get your seals?" This is a great question and allows us to tell the stories and backgrounds o...

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