Geno DeRango

Geno DeRango

Jan 30, 2016

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Off to a great start!

Thanks everyone for helping get the project off its feet so far! The picture below is from a team Lorraine and I were involved with led by Mauricio Seguel that does fur seal work in Chile, but this gives you a good idea of what a health assessment/anesthesia of a wild fur seal looks like. We hope to do the same with Guadalupe fur seals in Mexico and explore several aspects of their biology. We'll keep adding more photos and info in the coming weeks!!

Thanks,

Geno

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About This Project

A multidisciplinary team of researchers will assess the health of Guadalupe fur seal pups and adults by studying the wild population on Guadalupe Island off Baja California, Mexico. The goal is to gather information about several aspects of the physiology, ecology and behavior for this threatened species.

Please view this video for a quick look into life on Guadalupe Island, credit to OceansAloft LLC. Footage of marine mammals around 3:55 minutes.

Blast off!

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