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A two-year research project will investigate the reasons behind the declining harbor seal population in the Wadden Sea. “About 15% of the pups vanish without a trace, and we don’t know what happens to them,” researcher David Goldsborough told Dutch media Omrop Fryslân. “We find no carcasses. It’s a mystery.” The Wadden Sea is home […]

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