Weddell Seal (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Weddell Seal

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This is an image of a Weddell seal in Antarctica. Researchers studied the heart rates of seals during deep dives beneath the Antarctic sea ice.

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Peter Rejcek, NSF

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