Super weaner - Wikipedia
Super weaners may reach their large sizes by stealing milk from nursing female elephant seals or by being adopted by an additional mother elephant seal. Elephant seals have an abrupt …
Seven of the Most Extreme Milks in the Animal Kingdom
2015年9月14日 · Hooded seal mothers produce the fattiest known milk. Human breastmilk has about three to five percent fat in it. But with more than 60 percent fat, hooded seal milk would …
Elephant seal - Wikipedia
Milk produced by elephant seals is remarkably high in milkfat compared to other mammals. After an initially lower state, it rises to over 50% milkfat (human breast milk is about 4% milkfat, and …
Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina: composition of milk …
An analysis of milk constituents during various stages of lactation in the southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina was carried out. Forty-six milk samples were taken from 30 females …
Extraordinary diversity of the pinniped lactation triad: lactation and ...
Three phocids [northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris), grey seal (Halichoerus grypus), hooded seal (Cystophora cristata)] with the capital-fasting lactation strategy typify the extreme …
Elephant seal 'supermoms' produce most of the population, study …
2019年9月17日 · Most of the pups born in an elephant seal colony in California over a span of five decades were produced by a relatively small number of long-lived "supermoms", according to …
Changes in Milk Composition during Lactation in the Northern Elephant Seal
Elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris, are exceptional mammals in that females fast entirely during nursing while their pups may quadruple in weight over the 28-day suckling period. …
(PDF) Early Growth and Milk-Composition in Southern Elephant Seals ...
1994年1月1日 · Elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris, are exceptional mammals in that females fast entirely during nursing while their pups may quadruple in weight over the 28-day …
Elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris, are exceptional mammals in that females fast entirely during nursing while their pups may quadruple in weight over the 28-day suckling period.
Elephant Seal - River Otter Ecology Project
Elephant seal pups are guzzling milk that is the consistency of mayonnaise. After just 11 days of nursing, pups double in weight. By the end of March, most of the bulls and females have …