Sleeping Seals (IMAGE)

University of California - Santa Cruz

Sleeping Seals

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Elephant seals sleep about 10 hours a day on the beach, but during months-long foraging trips at sea they average just 2 hours of sleep per day. These 2-month-old northern elephant seals are sleeping on the beach at Año Nuevo State Park.

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Photo by Jessica Kendall-Bar, NMFS 23188

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