ecies use respectively 84 percent, 58 percent, and 33 percent of their fat stores during lactation. By comparison, harbor seals use 80 percent of their fat stores in just the first 19 days of lactation, even though they occasionally feed during this period. Since such a large proportion of their fat stores is exhausted despite feeding, mother harbor seals clearly cannot support all of lactation using only energy stored before giving birth. Though smaller

than many other phocids, harbor seals are similar in size to most otariids. In addition,

there is already some evidence suggesting that the ringed seal, a phocids species that

is similar in size to the harbor seal, may also use a maternal foraging strategy.

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pheromones是什么东东
，是不是该划为odorant

There is no consensus among researchers regarding what qualifies a substance as a pheromone. Whil