Elephant Seals Swimming Deeper As Waters Warm Elephant seals are in it deep due to climate change…deep in the ocean that is. Elephant seals from Marion Island in the southwest Indian Ocean are swimming further beneath the surface as their prey also moves into cooler, deeper waters. “This prey is moving down to greater depths presumably due to the increasing water temperatures and this is forcing the seals to follow them,” explained Horst Bornemann from the Alfred Wegener Institute. keep reading photo: an elephant seal with a sensor, Joachim Ploetz, Alfred Wegener Institute

Elephant Seals Swimming Deeper As Waters Warm

Elephant seals are in it deep due to climate change…deep in the ocean that is. Elephant seals from Marion Island in the southwest Indian Ocean are swimming further beneath the surface as their prey also moves into cooler, deeper waters.

“This prey is moving down to greater depths presumably due to the increasing water temperatures and this is forcing the seals to follow them,” explained Horst Bornemann from the Alfred Wegener Institute.

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photo: an elephant seal with a sensor, Joachim Ploetz, Alfred Wegener Institute

Source: news.discovery.com

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