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 * 1) If you were to research any topic, what would it be? Elephant Seals
 * 2) What do you want to learn about your topic? What an Elephant Seal is.
 * 3) Create a thesis statement about your topic that encompasses what you would like to learn. When I see a seal I dont think that a seal could look like this. I'm going to find out what this creature is.
 * 4) DATABASE SEARCH: Try searching your topic in the Library databases.
 * 5) What did you find? Most of the information was on encyclopedia types of web sites
 * 6) Identify which database you used. Britannica and sir
 * 7) Create the MLA citation for the two best source. Chui, Glennda. "Tracking the Elephants of the Sea." // San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA) //. Jan. 4 2000: 1F-2F. // SIRS Researcher. // Web. 27 Sep 2011.
 * 8) SEARCH ENGINE SEARCH: Using the search engine of your choice conduct another search on your topic. Google
 * 9) How many results did you get? 1,930,000
 * 10) From your results identify three that you think are the best choices for your topic
 * 11) Bookmark your sources in your Diigo account.
 * 12) Create an MLA citation for each source.
 * 13) "Elephant Seals." //California State Parks//. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2011. []
 * 14) "Elephant Seals, Elephant Seal Pictures, Elephant Seal Facts - National Geographic." //Animals - Animal Pictures - Wild Animal Facts - Nat Geo Wild - National Geographic//. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2011. http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/elephant-seal/
 * 15) "FES|"FES]] Home." //FES Home//. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2011. .
 * 16) Below each citation write a paragraph explaining why you chose that source and how it supports your thesis.
 * 17) There are two species of elephant seal. The Northern and Southern Elephant Seal. The Northern Elephant seal can be found in California and Baja California. The Southern Elephant Seal lives in the Sub-Artic and can be found in the Antartic waters. I chose to use this web site because it comes from a Nationally well known magazine and has relible information.
 * 18) The Northen Elephant seal, Mirounga angustir spends most of there life in open ocean. They swim about 8-10 months out of the year. They dive to depts of 1000 to 5000 feet for 15 minutes or up to 2 hours. I chose this web site becuase they are very dedicated to getting out good information about the Elephant Seal. They even have a Google translate bar to change the language so even more people can get the information.
 * 19) There were once hundreds of thousands of Elephant Seals in the Pacific Ocean. During the 1800 they were slaughterd for the good oil they could get out of there blubber. By 1892 there were only about 50 to 100 individuals left all in 1 coloney on the Guadalupe Island off the coast of Baja California. I picked this web site because its from a .gov site about californaia state parks. This site is from california where the Northern Elephant seal lives so they should have the experiance with them.
 * 20) Cut and paste one sentence from the text that you would quote to support your thesis.
 * 21) "Southern elephants are the largest of all seals. Males can be over 20 feet (6 meters) long and weigh up to 8,800 pounds (4,000 kilograms). But these massive pinnipeds aren't called elephant seals because of their size. They take their name from their trunklike inflatable snouts." (nationalgeographic.com, 2011)
 * 22) ﻿"Seals in the Rookery often appear to visitors as a very "lazy." Certainly They know how to relax. It is important to realize, However, They are all that fasting - no food and no water - for Their time in the rookery." (elephantseal.org, 2011)
 * 23) "Females give birth for the first time at an average age of 3-4 and have an average life expectancy of about 20 years. Males are mature at five years, don't reach high rank until 8 with prime breeding years between 9-12. Males have a life expectancy of 14 years.