Seals prefer quiet times for the call of the wild, study suggests

Marine scientists call it a roar, though it sounds more like someone breathing heavily on the other end of the phone.

It’s the underwater mating call of a male harbour seal and it could be at risk of being drowned out by the din of motor vessels.

The first study of its kind has found that male seals in the Strait of Georgia are choosing evening times to vocalize when underwater noise from vessel engines, especially pleasure craft and commercial fishing boats, is lowest.