Antarctic fur seal predation on cephalopods at Marion Island |
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| Authors: | Ryan R Reisinger P J Nico de Bruyn Pierre A Pistorius Marthán N Bester |
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| Institution: | (1) Mammal Research Institute, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 0002, South Africa;(2) Department of Zoology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, PO Box 77000, Port Elizabeth, 6031, South Africa |
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| Abstract: | We report two observations of adult male Antarctic fur seals, Arctocephalus gazella, preying on large octopods at subAntarctic Marion Island during July and August 2008. If Antarctic fur seals take cephalopods
opportunistically, as previously suggested, our observations may be a rare event representing such opportunistic predation. |
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