kids song about pinnipeds
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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