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Innovative marine research: sea lions as underwater explorers

 The vastness of our oceans holds countless mysteries, with much of the seabed remaining uncharted and unexplored. Nathan Angelakis, researcher at the University of Adelaide, highlights a staggering truth: “For most of the ocean, we don’t know what the bottom looks like.” To tackle this challenge, Angelakis and his team turned to an unlikely set of underwater explorers—Australian sea lions named Daphne, Phoebe, Iris, and Pasithea.

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