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A day with the elephant seals

If you have not seen an elephant seal up close, check out these majestic creatures at the

Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery

located on California highway 1 at the southern end of Big Sur on the California coast, twelve miles north of Cambria and four miles north of the entrance to the Hearst Castle.

Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery

Close-Up View

Mom & Pup

Mom & Pup

Mom & pup

He roars!

He roars

Great communicators!

Sparng with each other

According to the Friends of the Elephant Seal, elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris, are true seals, or earless seals, members of the pinniped suborder. The huge blubbery males have pendulous noses that give these beasts their name. Females possess faces that seem to be etched with a permanent smile, and endearing plump babies are endowed with big brown eyes.

Posted by Sherry Sim, SRES, E-Pro Covering the Beautiful Central Coast CA on 09/09/2008 03:50 AM

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6 Comments on A day with the elephant seals

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2008

Very cute and very tender piece.

Thanks for visiting, Trunda.

Sherry - These are great pics. It's pretty cool that you can get close enough to take them.

SEP

2008

Thanks, Erik. Yes, you do get to see them really up close. The elephant seals are loud. They belt out like a big family, all talking at the same time. Should you ever visit, take a drive along the Pacific Coast, past Cambria and up to San Simeon and you can stop, park, and walk over to view them almost all year round.

These are incredible pictures. I have to visit there one day!

Bergen, hope you visit soon. As I commented before, the elephant seals are really something to watch, and they are there all round.

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