Pinniped High levels of organic chemicals accumulate in these animals since they are near the top of food chains and have large reserves of blubber. Lactating mothers can pass the toxins on to their young. These pollutants can cause gastrointestinal cancers, decreased reproductivity and greater vulnerability to infectious diseases. Other man-made threats include habitat destruction by oil and gas exploitation, encroachment by boats, and underwater noise. Pinniped Pinnipeds, commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic marine mammals. They comprise the extant families Odobenidae (whose only living member is the walrus), Otariidae (the eared
What Are We Going to Do with Uncle Arthur? What Are We Going to Do with Uncle Arthur? "What Are We Going to Do with Uncle Arthur?" is a song featured in the 1970s television series "Upstairs, Downstairs". It was written by Alexander Faris and Alfred Shaughnessy. Faris had also written the instrumental theme tune for the series. Shaughnessy wrote and edited scripts for the series. The song is a mildly bawdy music hall number performed by the character Sarah Moffat (played by Pauline Collins). Her performance of the song in the episode "For Love of Love" draws the interest of James Bellamy, leading to a dramatic subplot within