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Miguel Cortez,
Small Business Owner
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Elephant Seals Learn about the elephant seals at the Piedras Blancas colony.
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Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer
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Elephant seals have high body fat stored as blubber.
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Angela Berkley,
High School Student
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Elephant seals were named for their large proboscis, a fleshy appendage that grows from above the nostrils to hang down in front of the mouth in mature males.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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When elephant seals were believed to be extinct, seal hunters turned to other species.
Northern elephant seals were hunted to the brink of extinction between 1818 and 1860.
Elephant Seals were hunted in the Pacific in the 1800s by whalers who wanted to supplement their catch.
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Tony Howell,
Skateboarder
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Diving elephant seals exhale before they submerge and their lungs collapse.
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Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran
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Northern elephant seals were first seen on this island in 1948 and started breeding here in the early 1950's.
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Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender
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Northern elephant seals have a relatively limited range compared to the other species found in Northern California.
Elephant Seals will go without food for three months during the mating season.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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Elephant seals at A o Nuevo State Reserve offer a unique system of study to address both proximate and ultimate factors that determine juvenile survival.
Elephant seals have different behaviors and physiological adaptations that make it easier for them to continuously dive.
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