Seal on California Beach (IMAGE)

University of Washington School of Medicine/UW Medicine

Seal on California Beach

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A seal hauling out of the water onto a California beach. Seals are among the mammals whose embryos can delay implantation and enter diapause, a temporary dormant state, to time the pregnancy for favorable conditions.

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Alice C. Gray

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