Table 2.

Individual by individual visual comparisons for each non‐survivor against grouped survivors (see plots in Supporting Information S.8), alongside life span length and departure weights and drift rates

	140061	140064	140065	140067	140070	140071	140074	140076	140078
Days since departure at death	64	40	18	86	9	112	29	62	69
Sex	M	M	M	F	M	M	M	M	F
Departure weight (kg)	83.7	73.4	82.0	59.4	89.3	83.0	44.6	96.1	67.5
Departure drift rate (m/s)	0.17	−0.19	0.18	0.18	0.17	0.12	0.14	0.10	0.19
Max speed	—	—	—	—	—	—	Upper range	Rise at end	—
Distance swam	—	—	Upper range	—	—	Peak and drop at end	Upper range	Rise at end	—
Current deviation	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Dive depth	—	—	—	—	Upper range	Distinct peak at end with severe drop‐off	Distinctly lower	Increased at beginning	Increased at end
Dive duration	—	—	Upper range	—	Upper range	Distinct peak at end with severe drop‐off	Distinctly lower	Increased at beginning	Lower range except during one day a few days prior to death
Scaled surface interval	—	Slightly higher at end	—	—	—	Extreme positive value prior to death	Distinctly higher	—	Several increased periods
PrCA rate	Long period in lower range	—	—	Upper range	—	Drop off on the last day	Distinctly decreased	Decreased at end	Decreased at start
Scaled bottom duration	—	—	—	—	—	—	Decreased	—	Slightly decreased at end
Swim effort	Lower range	Lower range	Upper range	Upper range ‐more so at end	Lower range	Upper range at start. Small peak and sharp drop off at end	Distinctly increased	Slight increase at end	Upper range
Drift rate	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Drift rate change	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Max wind	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Max wave height	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Sea surface temperature	Lower range	Lower range at start	Lower range	Higher range	—	—	Lower range	Lower range at end	Lower range
Max EKE	Lower range at end	—	Lower range	—	—	Lower range at end	—	Lower range at end	—

Blank entries (“—”) indicate no discernible difference in behavior.