Assertion: seal | /r/CapableOf | stay under water
Facets:
value: up to half an hour
type: TEMPORAL
value: much longer than
type: TEMPORAL
value: for up to 30 minutes
type: TEMPORAL
value: for long periods
type: TEMPORAL
value: mainly
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: With over thirty varieties, seals are highly intelligent mammals that can stay under water for up to two hours.
text: Seals mainly live in the water, they only come ashore to mate, give birth, moult or escape from predators such as orca whales and sharks.
text: Seals can remain in the water, even in Polar Regions, for long periods where the water temperature is below freezing point.
text: Seals can remain under the water for up to 30 minutes before they have to surface for air.
text: Seals have adapted to store large quantities of oxygen in their muscles, allowing them to stay under water for a much longer period of time than other mammals.
text: Because they are sleeping and not actively swimming, they can stay under water much longer than when hunting for food.
text: There are known incidents where seals stay under water up to half an hour, however on the average, their stay is not longer than fifteen minutes.
text: Although seals live primarily in the water, they are mammals.