New National Geographic Video!

Ano Nuevo is featured in a short National Geographic
video.  Follow the link to learn about the history and
amazing biology of northern elephant seals!

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Fat seals are more efficient swimmers!

Graduate student Taiki Adachi just published his research
investigating the effect of buoyancy on the swimming
efficiency of elephant seals.  Seals start out their migration
without much blubber and are negatively buoyant.  As they
forage and add to their blubber stores, they eventually
become neutrally buoyant.  This means they expend less
energy swimming up and down through the water column.
So, for an elephant seal, it pays to be fat!

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