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This animated movie shows where all of the females fur seals (tagged in 2009) went and some of their behaviors. Changes in the color of the lines represent changes in the behavior of the fur seals (as indicated at the top of the map).The darker and lighter sections of the movie indicate day and night and the time on the bottom is GMT. Researchers are hoping that this new data will give insight into why the two populations are behaving so differently and what might be done about it. Some differences between the two islands are quite obvious as seen in the movie, while others will likely take longer to figure out.

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