Elephant Seals
Jul 29, 2020 07:45:32 #
These photos were taken a couple of years ago at the San Simeon elephant Rookery. These are pretty amazing animals. They only come to land twice a year, the rest of the time they spend at sea. Them keep coming back to this location to breed and have their babies around December to early February, then back to sea, they then come back in mid summer to molt. Each time they spend about a month laying on the beach fasting. The males have the large nose that looks like an elephants trunk. The Males can grow to 15' and weight up to 5000 pounds.
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Jul 29, 2020 08:11:56 #
pdscott353 wrote:
These photos were taken a couple of years ago at t... (show quote)
I believe the largest one of these ever weighed went OVER 11,000 pounds.
Elephants go a bit 13,000 pounds. The Smithsonian elephant was eleven TONS, 22,000 pounds. Hippos to about 5,000 pounds with the heaviest known about 9,900 pounds.
Largest rhino, a white, over 9,900 pounds.
Elephant seal bulls must be HUGE animals to see.
Thanks for these.
Bill
Jul 29, 2020 08:12:51 #
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Jul 29, 2020 09:48:54 #
newtoyou wrote:
I believe the largest one of these ever weighed went OVER 11,000 pounds.
Elephants go a bit 13,000 pounds. The Smithsonian elephant was eleven TONS, 22,000 pounds. Hippos to about 5,000 pounds with the heaviest known about 9,900 pounds.
Largest rhino, a white, over 9,900 pounds.
Elephant seal bulls must be HUGE animals to see.
Thanks for these.
Bill
Elephants go a bit 13,000 pounds. The Smithsonian elephant was eleven TONS, 22,000 pounds. Hippos to about 5,000 pounds with the heaviest known about 9,900 pounds.
Largest rhino, a white, over 9,900 pounds.
Elephant seal bulls must be HUGE animals to see.
Thanks for these.
Bill
The northern elephant seals are smaller then the southern seals, so the males will average about 5000 pounds. I have been to this place many times and have discussed this with the biologist that will talk to the people who come to see them.
Jul 29, 2020 09:49:31 #
Hereford wrote:
Huge ugly Guys. Nice captures.
They have a face that only a mother can love.
Thank you,
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