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Tracey Weiss, Our Ocean Backyard | Welcoming the elephant seals and changing tides
northern elephant seals spend about nine months of the year in the ocean, most of the time underwater ... Born without blubber and unable to swim, newborns are vulnerable to other animals ...
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Elephant seal colonies in Argentina face long recovery after ‘catastrophic’ avian flu
An epidemic of avian flu in Patagonia appears to be on the decline after decimating southern elephant seal populations for ... many sick individuals were able to swim out in the ocean to feed ...