<![CDATA[TIL harbor seals have about 100 whiskers that can detect the invisible water trails left behind by fish — like reading the wake of an airplane that already passed.]]>

<![CDATA[TIL harbor seals have about 100 whiskers that can detect the invisible water trails left behind by fish — like reading the wake of an airplane that already passed.]]>TIL harbor seals have about 100 whiskers that can detect the invisible water trails left behind by fish — like reading the wake of an airplane that already passed. When scientists covered a seal named Filou's whiskers with a nylon stocking, he immediately lost the ability to track prey. He could hun

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