Elephant seals (象海豹) are heavy animals. But they are also excellent divers (潜水者). Their natural enemies are near the water surface, so for safety,elephant seals usually dive deep underwater for food."We've studied elephant seals since the 1960s.They usually dive for about 30 minutes...
So for safety, elephant seals usually dive deep underwater for food."We've studied elephant seals since the 1960s. They usually dive for about 30 minutes, and then come up for air for just a couple of minutes before diving again," said an elephant seal researcher at the University of ...
Elephant seals can dive more than 5,000 feet into the ocean and can hold their breath for two hours. The trunk-like nose of this seal makes it easy to see how it got its name. The average lifespan of a northern elephant seal is nine years while an elephant seal living in the Antarc...
The largest of all seals, elephant seals rank among the most impressive of marine mammals. They are renowned for their spectacular recovery from near-extinction at the end of the nineteenth century when seal hunters nearly eliminated the entire northern species. No other vertebrate has come so clo...
Elephant seal movements: Dive types and their sequences. Modelling Longitudinal and Sp atially Correlated Data (T.G . Gregoire. D.R. Brillingcr. PJ . Digglc, E. Russek-Cohe. W.G. Warren . R.D. Wolfinge r, eds.y; Lecture NOles in Statistics 122, Springer-Verlag. New York, 275-...
To lost safety, elephant seals usually dive deep underwater for food."We studied elephant seals since the 1960s. They usually dive for about 30 minutes, and then come up for air for just a couple of minutes before diving again," said an elephant seal researcher at the University of ...
"We're excited elephant seals since the 1980s. They usually dive for about 30 minutes, and then rest on the bottom for a couple of minutes before diving again," said an elephant seal researcher at the University of Exete, State of New Zealand (USSC). Since elephant seals are also good...
Northern Elephant Seal Common Name: Northern Elephant Seal Scientific Name: Mirounga angustirostris Meaning of Scientific Name: Having a Narrower Snout than the Southern Elephant Seal History Hundreds of thousands ofnorthern elephant sealsonce inhabited the Pacific Ocean. They were slaughtered wholesale in...
The Northern elephant seal coat is dark gray to brown. Males can live up to 17 years, females up to 22 years. They are a highly migratory species and are well known for their incredible diving abilities. Like their cousins, the southern elephant seals, these seals are able to dive to ...
Elephant seal can spend nearly 2 hours under the water and dive to a depth of 7834 feet. Females spend less time under the water compared with males. Elephant seal is a carnivore. Its diet is based on skates, rays, eels, squids, octopi and penguins. Natural enemies of elephant seals...