California elephant seals battle fear, hunger in epic migration across Pacific
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A juvenile seal keeps watch at Drake’s Beach in Point Reyes National Seashore. New research looks at the seals’ migration halfway to Japan.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Two juvenile elephant seals on the beach at Drake’s Beach in Point Reyes National Seashore. Their mothers will embark on a seven-month sea journey to fee and they hope evade predators.Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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The tags on this female elephant seal record data throughout its seven-month foraging migration. Researchers recover the tags when the seals return to the rookery at Año Nuevo Reserve on the San Mateo County coast.Dan Costa / UC Santa CruzShow MoreShow Less