With our New Zealand friends we enjoyed a great afternoon on a ranger-led walk to see the elephant seals. What a great experience! We got very close to these wonderful creatures as they lazed in the sun. Most of the mothers had already left their giant 2-3 month old babies, going back out to sea. The big babies still called for their moms making the girls and I go 'awww!' The babies are about 75 lbs when born and grow to 250-300lbs by the time they're 3 months old. A few males still hung around in the hopes they may still get a date. Apparently the males are much smaller than they were in January, before they had all their fighting over the ladies.
With our New Zealand friends we enjoyed a great afternoon on a ranger-led walk to see the elephant seals. What a great experience! We got very close to these wonderful creatures as they lazed in the sun. Most of the mothers had already left their giant 2-3 month old babies, going back out to sea. The big babies still called for their moms making the girls and I go 'awww!' The babies are about 75 lbs when born and grow to 250-300lbs by the time they're 3 months old. A few males still hung around in the hopes they may still get a date. Apparently the males are much smaller than they were in January, before they had all their fighting over the ladies.
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