Leopard seals in Antarctica live solitary lives. But the simple patterns of their underwater song, akin to nursery rhymes, bring mates from across the seas.

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Rockabye baby: the ‘love songs’ of lonely leopard seals resemble human nursery rhymes Lucinda Chambers, UNSW Sydney and Tracey Rogers, UNSW Sydney Leopard seals in Antarctica live solitary lives.