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Risk versus reward on the high seas – skinny elephant seals trade safety for sustenance

  • Written by Roxanne Beltran, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz
imageFemale elephant seals take seven-month feeding trips during which they balance danger, starvation and exhaustion.Dan Costa, CC BY-ND

Every year, northern elephant seals set off on a seven-month, 6,000-mile (10,000-kilometer) journey across the North Pacific ocean in search of fish and squid to eat. They start the journey after sitting on the beach...

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