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.

3/9/14

The Zen of Grooming

When you have two young fur seal pups and their boisterous friends to contend with, sometimes you need a little moment of relaxation. The m...

3/5/14

Get a harbor seal's-eye view

Chacoda, here, is giving us the chance to see what the harbor seals see during a training session. Not only can we see the tunnels and toys ...

2/18/14

Olympic dreams

Many of us find ourselves glued to the events in Sochi right now. It's inspiring to see lithe athletes in their prime, pushing the limit...

2/13/14

Kitovi and Chiidax have a snow day

With fur as thick as a Northern fur seal , near-zero temperatures and snow storms pose no problem for the Northern fur seals at the New En...

12/30/13

Look who's borrowing the kiddie pool!

Usually the kiddie pools in our Northern fur seal exhibit are used for enrichment with the younger seals and pups, like this ice adventure w...

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