Breaking the fast: first report of dives and ingestion events in molting southern elephant seals
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DOI: 10.1038/s42003-023-05720-2
Abstract: Southern elephant seals (SES) experience a ‘catastrophic molt’, a costly event characterized by the renewal of both hair and epidermis that requires high peripheral vascular circulation. Molting animals are therefore constrained by high metabolic heat… read more here.
Keywords: breaking fast; first report; report dives; southern elephant ... See more keywords