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... mammals are sometimes found on sandy beaches . Some pinnipeds , for example ( see Chapter 8 , Rocky Shores ) , return to breeding beaches each year where males fight over females and pups learn to swim in shallow water . It is on ...
... mammals are sometimes found on sandy beaches . Some pinnipeds , for example ( see Chapter 8 , Rocky Shores ) , return to breeding beaches each year where males fight over females and pups learn to swim in shallow water . It is on ...
Page 70
... mammals can be found in the kelp forest . Certain species of seal find shelter there but leave to feed in deeper waters . Gray whales traveling on their migrations between summer feeding grounds in the Bering Sea and the breeding and ...
... mammals can be found in the kelp forest . Certain species of seal find shelter there but leave to feed in deeper waters . Gray whales traveling on their migrations between summer feeding grounds in the Bering Sea and the breeding and ...
Page 89
... mammals - are " discarded . " The nets are virtually invisible underwater so are not detected by any animals ; even the sensitive echolocating capabilities of the toothed whales fail to perceive the net . The nets are also made of such ...
... mammals - are " discarded . " The nets are virtually invisible underwater so are not detected by any animals ; even the sensitive echolocating capabilities of the toothed whales fail to perceive the net . The nets are also made of such ...
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