Thursday 6 November 2014

Benefits of being fat (but not too fat) for deep-diving elephant seals


Date:
November 5, 2014

Source:
University of California - Santa Cruz

Summary:
Researchers using a new type of tracking device on female elephant seals have discovered that adding body fat helps the seals dive more efficiently by changing their buoyancy. The study looked at the swimming efficiency of elephant seals during their feeding dives and how that changed in the course of months-long migrations at sea as the seals put on more fat.


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