SnowshadowII :maple:<p>🤔 Are There Plenty of Fish in the Sea? Ask an Elephant Seal<br>Counting deep-sea fish is difficult, but elephant seals can make it easier.🐟 </p><p>"Northern elephant seals have big blubbery bodies that can weigh as much as a car and reach nearly four meters (13 feet) long. But don’t let their physiques fool you, says Beltran. These animals annually migrate 10,000 kilometers (6,000 miles) round trip between North America’s west coast and open-ocean feeding grounds in the heart of the North Pacific. “They’re routinely diving down 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) below the ocean’s surface while holding their breath,” says Beltran. “And the females do all of that while pregnant with next year’s pups.”</p><p>Northern elephant seals spend around seven months of the year hunting nearly nonstop. During this time, each seal makes tens of thousands of dives in search of fish and squid."</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ocean</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Seal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Seal</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fish</span></a> <br><a href="https://beige.party/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.biographic.com/are-there-plenty-of-fish-in-the-sea-ask-an-elephant-seal/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">biographic.com/are-there-plent</span><span class="invisible">y-of-fish-in-the-sea-ask-an-elephant-seal/</span></a></p>