Due to their near extinction, increasing numbers of elephant seals are being born with birth defects: cleft palates, extra brain lobes, etc. While the species is making an impressive comeback from near extinction, the are far from healthy and continue to be hunted, implying that they are not yet out of the red.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/04/19/MNRG1O0U8A.DTL&type=science
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