It has been breeding season at Año Nuevo State Park, positioned 22 miles up the pacific coast from Santa Cruz, the place the northern elephant seals come ashore and provides beginning and mate from December into March.
The park’s pure protect affords the extraordinary present of attending to see the seals. Pups are nursed for 4 to 6 weeks after which weaned and taught to forage and survive on their very own.
Elephant seals return to the identical seashores yr after yr. The males can weigh as much as 4,400 kilos and females, as much as 1,300 kilos. On land they crawl with rhythmic stomach flops.
Go to parks.ca.gov/?page_id=523 to examine the visiting schedule and for extra data on this lovely shoreline treasure.
