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only way we could do that is because we now have over 500 tracks of female
elephant seals, and a small number of them didn't have a
pup or lost it at sea, so we could compare and see the effects of pregnancy.
We are recruiting helpers for two periods; - late August to mid December: focus is
elephant seal breeding, killer whale predation on weaned
elephant seal pups, establishment of pairs and territories by skuas - mid December to late March: focus is
elephant seal moulting, genaral killer whale activity and behavior, intensive study of skuas behaviour and communication, monitoring of breeding of marine birds and raptors, collection of general environmental data
Only applicants who can stay for a whole period (about 3 months and a half) can be taken into consideration.