According to Friends of the Elephant Seal, the last pupping season saw around 5,000 seal pups born at the Piedras Blancas rookery, which is the largest mainland rookery for northern elephant seals.
The first elephant ... to their pups. Seeing a pup born is exciting. Many pups are born at night — as Winter may have been — but daytime births are common. Look for a female seal digging ...
Friends of the Elephant Seal docent Bill Michelson named the pup Winter. He had the privilege of naming because he won the First Pup contest. It’s an informal lottery to guess the date when the first ...
They ask visitors to keep the pups safe by staying out of closed areas at the seashore. Northern elephant seals weigh up to 2.2 tons at full size and reach up to 13 feet in length, the National ...