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===Communication=== Unlike otariids, true seals do not communicate by "barking". Instead, they communicate by slapping the water and grunting. True seals have also been documented to clap at each other underwater.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Hocking|first1=David|last2=Burnville|first2=Ben|last3=Marx|first3=Felix Georg|url=https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/archive/2020/02/conversationsealsclapping/|title=Comment: Grey seals discovered clapping underwater to communicate|work=[[The Conversation]]|via=[[Newcastle University]]|date=February 3, 2020|accessdate=April 15, 2025}}</ref> One study published in ''[[Animal Behaviour (journal)|Animal Behaviour]]'' found that seals use rhythmic [[percussive]] signalling in both "agonistic interactions" and display behavior.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kocsis |first1=Kinga |last2=Duengen |first2=Diandra |last3=Jadoul |first3=Yannick |last4=Ravignani |first4=Andrea |title=Harbour seals use rhythmic percussive signalling in interaction and display |journal=[[Animal Behaviour (journal)|Animal Behaviour]] |date=January 2024 |volume=207 |pages=223β234 |doi=10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.09.014 |bibcode=2024AnBeh.207..223K }}</ref>
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