

“I really care about these animals and the lives they lead. “That’s why I’m doing this, you know?” said Kelley Winship, NMMF scientist and principal investigator for research using the Enclosure Video Enrichment (EVE) system. He turns back to the screen and positions himself to win the next game. The joy in the eye contact between him and his trainer as they celebrate a job well done - Spike with his side-to-side dance and victory yelps - is palpable and infectious. When he crosses the finish line, we cheer and his trainer rewards him with herring. His eyes track the cursor with laser-like focus. On the deck of the sea pen, it’s pure delight: Spike uses his snout to press a button and maneuver a cursor through a maze. A proven method for cognitive enrichment opens doors for more research on keeping marine mammals happy and healthy longer. Navy Marine Mammal Program, under which scientists from Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific and the National Marine Mammal Foundation (NMMF) come together to care for the Navy’s sea lions and dolphins. His ability to understand the concept of controlling a cursor on a screen, then progress through a series of more challenging games, marks the first recorded success in testing cognition of California sea lions with an animal-controlled interface. All Rights Reserved.His name isn’t really Spike you can think of it more like his gamertag. © Copyright 2020-2021 Out of the Blue Games S.L. Investigate the clues left by a previous voyage, piece together what happened, and solve a variety of clever puzzles. Immerse yourself in a story-driven adventure full of emotion, suspense and surreal surprises. What strange secrets does it hold, and what might Norah unearth in her quest for the truth?Įxplore a stunning tropical island (meticulously modeled in Unreal Engine 4), brimming with fantastic sights, lost ruins and occult mysteries.Įxperience a charming character study of a woman on her quest to discover the truth of the disappearance of her husband and to find out who she really is, fully voiced by Cissy Jones ( Firewatch, The Walking Dead: Season 1). Norah has crossed the ocean following the trail of her missing husband’s expedition and finds herself on a lush island paradise - a nameless, forgotten place, dotted with the remnants of a lost civilization.

It is 1934, in the far reaches of the South Pacific.
