Elephant seal, California central coast, July 2023.
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A big yawn... time to go to bed... good night everyone!
Elephant seal, California central coast, July 2023.
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When the kid talks back but everyone is just too tired to do anything about it.
Elephant seals, California central coast, July 2023.
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Looking for a good spot for a nap.
Elephant seals, California central coast, July 2023.
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Sometimes you have to yawn like no one is watching.
Elephant seal, California central coast, July 2023.
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Some elephant seals look all soft and squishy, and then some look like this...
California Central Coast.
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Big yawn.
Elephant seal, California Central Coast.
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Taking an afternoon nap with friends.
Elephant seals, Central California Coast.
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Sleeping beauty.
Elephant seal, central California coast.
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Day 2 on the #LostCoastTrail was a bit cold, clouded, windy. #ElephantSeals on beach and trail by the lighthouse with lots more #beach and lowland hiking after. https://valhikes.blogspot.com/2023/05/lost-coast-punta-gorda-to-big-creek.html
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#ElephantSeals ’ #Brainwaves Reveal Surprising Sleeping Habits: Short Naps Taken During Deep Dives
I also sleep for about 10-20 minutes at a time during deep, 30-minute dives, often spiraling downward while fast asleep, and sometimes lying motionless on the seafloor.
https://phys.org/news/2023-04-elephant-drift-ocean-surface.html
"Sometimes they'd even hit the sea floor and go on sleeping..."
Elephant seals sleep for just two hours a day, deep dive research reveals | Animals | The Guardian
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#Sleep
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/20/elephant-seals-sleep-two-hours-a-day-deep-dive-research
Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2023-04-elephant-drift-ocean-surface.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://phys.org/news/2023-04-elephant-drift-ocean-surface.html
Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com: http://nitter.platypush.tech/physorg_com/status/1649110702630551552#m
#Elephantseals drift off to sleep while diving far below the ocean surface @sciencemagazine https://animalbiotelemetry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40317-022-00287-x https://phys.org/news/2023-04-elephant-drift-ocean-surface.html
#Hunted nearly to #extinction , northern #ElephantSeals , native to the waters off the #WestCoast , now number more than 175,000.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/16/us/how-californias-elephant-seals-made-a-remarkable-recovery.html
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#elephantseals at Point Reyes National Seashore #wildlifephotography
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#ElephantSeals on the #California #coast south of #BigSur #photo #explore #Nature #Pacific #bigpacific #seals
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Elephant seals on the central California coast.
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Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2022-07-elephant-reveal-features-blob-marine.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://phys.org/news/2022-07-elephant-reveal-features-blob-marine.html
Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com@twitter.com: https://twitter.com/physorg_com/status/1552694861681364992#m
Data from #elephantseals reveal new features of 'the Blob' #marineheatwave https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021JC018356 https://phys.org/news/2022-07-elephant-reveal-features-blob-marine.html
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