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Two southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina (Linn.)), approximately 15 months old, were killed by members of the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions at Macquarie Island (54° S., 157° E.), frozen at −5° C, and transported to Sydney. Twelve days later they were dissected into bone, muscle, fat, skin and viscera. Almost all the dissectable fat present was in a subcutaneous layer with an average thickness of 2–2.4 cm:
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BRYDEN, M. Insulating Capacity of the Subcutaneous Fat of the Southern Elephant Seal. Nature 203, 1299–1300 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2031299a0
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