FIGURE 1.

Elephant seals lack the characteristic suppression of EGP during fasting found in most domestic and model species. The relation between EGP and mass is shown with a solid gray line. Rates of EGP from other mammals were drawn from the literature. EGP in NESs fasting for 1–3 mo is similar to EGP in these terrestrial animals in the postabsorptive state. Reproduced with permission from (4). EGP, endogenous glucose production; NES, northern elephant seal.