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Wild sea otter mussel pounding leaves archaeological traces

Wild sea otters (Enhydra lutris) are the only marine mammals that habitually use stones while foraging, using them to break open hard-shelled foods like marine snails and bivalves. However, the physical effects of this behavior on local environments are unknown. We show that sea otters pounding muss...

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Autores principales: Haslam, Michael, Fujii, Jessica, Espinosa, Sarah, Mayer, Karl, Ralls, Katherine, Tinker, M. Tim, Uomini, Natalie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6418163/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30872658
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39902-y