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.

7/29/09

#137: Harbor Seal Happy Dance!

Our Harbor Seals are excellent at many fun, energetic behaviors and Amelia is one of the best at dancing. She learned this behavior through...

7/21/09

#136: Chuck the flying harbor seal

Porpoising is one of the many impressive behaviors that harbor seals do naturally. By leaping out of the water, they are able to take a qui...

7/20/09

#135: Why are the seals on the rocks?

If you have walked by the Atlantic Harbor Seal exhibit recently, you may have seen something that only happens during this time of year. Ou...

7/1/09

#134: The fur seals' new home opens today!

Today the Aquarium's brand new New Balance Marine Mammal Center opens to the public! The seals are doing great in their new space and i...

6/24/09

#133: Testing the Waters!

Yesterday Cordova and Ursula and J.D. arrived at the New Balance Foundation Marine Mammal Center ! They'll acclimate to the new enviro...

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