Elephant Seals Have a Built-in GPS

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Elephant seals are among the only known animals on earth to migrate twice a year, but how they do it makes the already incredible feat even more astounding.

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Sources:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/mms.12896
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123735539000882
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/943804
https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)00042-2

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