Transmitter for an Elephant Seal (IMAGE)

Helmholtz Association

Transmitter for an Elephant Seal

Caption

A transmitter is fixed with a special adhesive on the short hair near the seal's head. With the next molting in a year's time the transmitter will fall off again.

Credit

Joachim Plötz, Alfred Wegener Institute

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