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Study Explains Seal Discernment

NPR | By Steve Inskeep
Published November 16, 2002 at 11:00 PM CST

A study in the journal Nature explores the way seals distinguish between dangerous killer whales and those that are benign. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Volker Deecke of the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Center.

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