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fromwww.ocregister.com
1 week ago

Diver strikes up unlikely friendship with seal off California coast

A white harbor seal repeatedly interacts playfully with Laguna Beach freediver Rusty Hunter during multiple dives, showing growing curiosity and affection.
fromThe Mercury News
2 months ago

What California's big, gross elephant seals can teach us about life

What can an elephant seal - a 4,000 pound, bellowing monstrosity that looks like a melted Yankee Candle - teach us about the world? Plenty, it turns out. "The animals are amazing. I mean, everything they do is extreme," says Daniel Costa, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz. "They're the deepest-diving pinniped and they dive for longer than any other seal or sea lion. They also fast for longer. Everything they do is just pushing the limits."
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