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Episode 2.5 Seals


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Welcome back to Episode 2.5! Today we get into a few papers around the dogs of the sea. 

On today’s ep:

  • Averill injures herself
  • Bonnie goes to Wellington 
  • What are seals’ whiskers for? 
  • Diving physiology 
  • Mum and pups 
  • The dark side of seals

Papers:
Whiskers:

https://www.nature.com/articles/28303
Authors: Guido Dehnhardt, Björn Mauck & Horst Bleckmann 

Diving physiology:

https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000306
Authors: J. Chris McKnight, Kimberley A. Bennett, Mathijs Bronkhorst, Debbie J. F. Russell, Steve Balfour, Ryan Milne, Matt Bivins, Simon E. W. Moss, Willy Colier, Ailsa J. Hall, Dave Thompson

Mum and pups:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0376635711001197

Authors: Kym T. Collins, Paul D. McGreevy, Kathryn E. Wheatley, Robert G.Harcourt

Aggression:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10164-007-0073-9

Authors: Nico De Bruyn, Cheryl A. Tosh, Marthán N. Bester 

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