between moving, cleaning, and local internet ups and downs, I entirely missed @KateShaw 's new episode on Namibia's Skeleton Coast!

featuring several interesting animals.

https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2025/10/06/episode-453-the-skeleton-coast/

#seals
#CapeFurSeal
#BrownFurSeal
#DesertPlatedLizard
#lizards
#bustards
#owls
#birds
#SkeletonCoast
#MonsterMonth
#Africa
#deserts

Episode 453: The Skeleton Coast | Strange Animals Podcast

Namibia, Fur Seal ( Arctocehalus pusillus pusillus ) #africa #namibia #capecross #capefurseal #mammals #otariidae #travel
Working on submitting destructive sampling permits for #StableIsotope analysis of #CapeFurSeal tooth enamel, fish #otoliths and bone collagen.
Here is the seal plan: 🦭
Comparing carbon and oxygen SI of #MiddleStoneAge seals from #KlasiesRiverMainSite and #BlombosCave with #LateStoneAge seals from #Hoffman’s/Robberg and #NelsonBayCave
Planning to compare the archaeological samples with present day seal populations to see if the #foraging environments have changed.
#archaeology #zooarchaeology