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Northern Elephant Seals gather at their land rookery as Birdsong sings “Pinniped Parade”!
Dear Friends,
Today’s featured animal is the Northern Elephant Seal. Friends of the Elephant Seal, a non-profit organization in San Simeon, CA (USA), writes on their website: “The northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris, is an extraordinary marine mammal. It spends eight to ten months a year in the open ocean, diving 1000 to 5800 feet deep for periods of fifteen minutes to two hours, and migrating thousands of miles, twice a year, to its land-based rookery for birthing, breeding, molting, and rest.”
I had the pleasure of meeting these elephant seals last month at the Piedras Blancas elephant seal rookery during
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