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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>Racing to Save <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a>’s <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ElephantSeals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElephantSeals</span></a> From <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/BirdFlu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BirdFlu</span></a><br>In 2023, bird <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/flu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flu</span></a> arrived on the rocky shores of the Valdés Peninsula in Argentina, ripping through the local colony of southern elephant seals. More than 17,000 seal pups died. It could take decades for the population to recover.<br>Now, a team of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ecologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecologists</span></a>, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/epidemiologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epidemiologists</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/veterinarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>veterinarians</span></a> is scrambling to keep the same thing from happening to northern elephant seals. <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/card/2025/06/03/science/bird-flu-mammals-elephant-seals-california" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/card/2025/06/03/sc</span><span class="invisible">ience/bird-flu-mammals-elephant-seals-california</span></a><br><a href="https://archive.ph/Xe8d6" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/Xe8d6</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/H5N1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>H5N1</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/influenza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>influenza</span></a></p>
Jon<p>Relaxing on the beach. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elephantseals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elephantseals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildlife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ocean</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Beach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Beach</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Coast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a></p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Seal species carries 'genetic scars' after being hunted to the edge of extinction <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-09-species-genetic-scars-edge-extinction.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-09-species-</span><span class="invisible">genetic-scars-edge-extinction.html</span></a></p><p>Genomic, fitness consequences of a near-extinction event in the northern elephant seal <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-024-02533-2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41559-024</span><span class="invisible">-02533-2</span></a></p><p>"Northern <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ElephantSeals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElephantSeals</span></a> have staged a remarkable comeback after narrowly escaping <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinction</span></a> (the population has recovered to 225,000 <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a>), but new research reveals lasting effects... The reduced diversity may impair their ability to cope with future changes"</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Northern elephant <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/seals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>seals</span></a> use deep-sea research <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/sonar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sonar</span></a> as dinner bell <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-09-northern-elephant-deep-sea-sonar.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-09-northern</span><span class="invisible">-elephant-deep-sea-sonar.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://scholar.social/tags/DeepSea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DeepSea</span></a> observatory provides insights into the behavior at depth of sub-adult male northern <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ElephantSeals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElephantSeals</span></a>, Mirounga angustirostris: Héloïse Frouin-Mouy et al. <a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0308461" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">journals.plos.org/plosone/arti</span><span class="invisible">cle?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0308461</span></a></p><p>"The seals appeared to use this sound to locate an area with prey and may take advantage of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/fish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fish</span></a> disturbed by the camera lights, particularly targeting <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/sablefish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sablefish</span></a>, their preferred meal, as seen in the video footage"</p>