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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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Researchers outfitted the seals with Conductivity Temperature Depth-Satellite Relay Dive Loggers, which collected a total of 8,913 days of behavioral data from 59adult seals. The data shed light on the tradeoffs the seals make between the conservation oftheir oxygen stores and the energetic gains that could be realized by capturing prey.

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(Daniel Costa, ©University of California Santa Cruz)

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