Northern elephant seals (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Northern elephant seals

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These northern elephant seals on the beach at Año Nuevo Reserve will travel throughout the North Pacific Ocean on their months-long foraging migrations, diving repeatedly to great depths. Instruments carried by the seals can gather valuable oceanographic data.

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Photo by Rachel Holser

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