Adoptive suckling in the grey seal

Smith, E.A.

Smith, E.A.. 1968 Adoptive suckling in the grey seal. Nature, 217 (5130). 762-763. 10.1038/217762a0

Abstract

Almost all accounts of the natural history of the grey seal Halichoerus grypus give the impression that a cow invariably seeks and feeds only her own pup among the dozens or hundreds in a breeding colony which may be at an equivalent stage of development as her pup. Normal feeding fidelity may be represented thus C1 - P1, C2 - P2

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/217762a0

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10.1038/217762a0

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