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List of works by David P. Hocking

A behavioural framework for the evolution of feeding in predatory aquatic mammals.

scientific article published in March 2017

A new large-bodied Pliocene seal with unusual cutting teeth

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

A rare observation of group prey processing in wild leopard seals (Hydrurga leptonyx)

scientific article published in 2019

A universal power law for modelling the growth and form of teeth, claws, horns, thorns, beaks, and shells

scientific article published on 30 March 2021

Ancient whales did not filter feed with their teeth

scientific article

Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus) use raptorial biting and suction feeding when targeting prey in different foraging scenarios

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Clawed forelimbs allow northern seals to eat like their ancient ancestors.

scientific article

Eye in the sky: observing wild dingo hunting behaviour using drones

scientific article published in 2022

Fang evolution in venomous snakes: Adaptation of 3D tooth shape to the biomechanical properties of their prey

scientific article published in 2021

Foraging-Based Enrichment Promotes More Varied Behaviour in Captive Australian Fur Seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus)

scientific article (publication date: 2015)

Gigantic mysticete predators roamed the Eocene Southern Ocean

Prey capture and processing behaviors vary with prey size and shape in Australian and subantarctic fur seals

scientific article published in 2015

Reply to comment by Kienle et al. 2017.

scientific article

Seeing It All: Evaluating Supervised Machine Learning Methods for the Classification of Diverse Otariid Behaviours

scientific article

Super machine learning: improving accuracy and reducing variance of behaviour classification from accelerometry

scientific article

Using accelerometers to develop time-energy budgets of wild fur seals from captive surrogates

scientific article published on 26 October 2018