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Baleen whales are extreme capital breeders, capable of fasting for more than half a year while migrating thousands of kilometres and nursing rapidly growing offspring that quadruple in body size over the same period. To understand this energetic conundrum…
This study addresses the consequences of repeated … human handling on the survival of an endangered phocid, the southern elephant seal and the implications for wildlife … research. Southern elephant seal pups were repeatedly … handled during the first six weeks of their lives.
Serum clinical chemistry parameters were examined in lactating southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina mothers and … their pups from the declining Macquarie Island population.There were significant changes in serum values from 2 to … 21 days postpartum in both nursing mothers (increase: