SciShow: Elephant Seals Have a Built-in GPS

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Content of the Lesson: Head to https://linode.com/scishow to get a $100 60-day credit on a new Linode account. Linode offers simple, affordable, and accessible Linux cloud solutions and services. 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. Hosted by: Stefan Chen SciShow is on TikTok! Check us out at https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Tomás Lagos González, Sam Lutfi. Bryan Cloer, Christoph Schwanke, Kevin Bealer, Jacob, Jason A Saslow, Nazara, Tom Mosner, Ash, Eric Jensen, Jeffrey Mckishen, Matt Curls, Alex Hackman, Christopher R Boucher, Piya Shedden, Jeremy Mysliwiec, charles george, Chris Peters, Adam Brainard, Dr. Melvin Sanicas, Harrison Mills, Silas Emrys, Alisa Sherbow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow #SciShow ---------- 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 Image Sources https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/aerial-view-ducks-takeoff-ducks-ashore-migration-of-ducks-hcdndh7tzj6yhw2js https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monarch-butterflies-pacific-grove.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arctic_tern_8624.jpg https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/rough-ocean-sea-with-big-waves-swells-during-stormy-weather-rukblzreip6bc60s https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elephant_seals_at_Ano_Nuevo_(91592).jpg https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/close-up-of-a-northern-elephant-seal-seen-in-the-wild-in-north-california-gm1344523090-422848531 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/elephant-seals-sleeping-on-the-sand-b7t0i2ddliyep4oyj https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Three_Mirounga_angustirostris_pups_nursing.jpg https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/elephant-seals-sleeping-throwing-sand-to-keep-cool-s-iaahddliyepf9b7 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/elephant-seals-fighting-battle-tight-shot-throwing-sand-byyt_hwpxiyeonvoa https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/earth-magnetic-fields-elements-of-this-image-furnished-by-nasa-gm1283913863-381208521 https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/night-sky-time-lapse-go-the-stars-moving-across-the-sky-including-shooting-stars-bafvvz2sdkieyhqjw https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/monarch-butterfly-on-a-pink-flower-martinique-zoo-danaus-plexippus-r1a23wyfpkh27xktg https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/pan-down-of-large-colony-of-elephant-seals-near-san-simeon-california-bpp0xzamioyqap0q


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