Sentences with phrase «elephant seal pup»

An elephant seal pup on the beach at Chimney Rock.

Dillenger is a female elephant seal pup that was rescued in February 2017.

Last week we recorded a Facebook Live video of Dillenger, an elephant seal pup that is getting one of her daily fish smoothies.

We spotted a beautiful elephant seal pup.

On Wednesday, Jan. 25, she became the first elephant seal pup of the 2017 season to be rescued by volunteers for The Marine Mammal Center in San Luis Obispo County.

We're also right in the thick of peak harbor seal and elephant seal pup season, with more than 187 patients on - site today.

Oscar DiCaprio, a male elephant seal pup named after the famous actor and environmentalist, was rescued last April at Oceano Dunes State Park in San Luis Obispo County, CA, by volunteers at the Marine Mammal Center.

Find out what to do when you see a harbor or elephant seal pup alone on a beach: it can mean the difference between life and death for newborn pups.

Using herding boards, the trained rescue volunteers maneuvered the elephant seal pup into the large animal carrier.

For example, we encounter elephant seal pups starving to death in ice tombs created by their own body warmth, unable to reach their mothers to feed.

Fatty «milkshakes,» «fish school» and rest are the order of the day for undernourished and weak elephant seal pups found on beaches after being separated from their mothers, likely because of the harsh winter and spring storms.

Over the next few weeks, marine biologists say more elephant seal pups, harbor seal pups, and sea lion pups will start showing up along the shores of San Luis Obispo County.

The number of sick elephant seal pups coming to The Marine Mammal Center in the Marin Headlands is picking up as the youngsters are turning up malnourished on beaches.

Most predation attempts are observed in November and December, i.e., the months when there is the higher concentration of weaned elephant seal pups.

We are recruiting helpers for two periods; - late August to mid December: focus is elephant seal breeding, killer whale predation on weaned elephant seal pups, establishment of pairs and territories by skuas - mid December to late March: focus is elephant seal moulting, genaral killer whale activity and behavior, intensive study of skuas behaviour and communication, monitoring of breeding of marine birds and raptors, collection of general environmental data Only applicants who can stay for a whole period (about 3 months and a half) can be taken into consideration.

In particular, northern elephant seal pups gain 4 kg (9 lb) each day before they are weaned.

Figure 4 - Different stages of development of elephant seal pups.

In addition to being underweight (elephant seal pups can gain as much as 10 lb a day while weaning) he has an injury to his right eye.

One of the elephant seal pups descends the ramp to the beach.

Visitors snickered at the rude blasts bounding across the concrete pens where dozens of elephant seal pups were recuperating.

Drakes Beach Temporary Beach Closure - February 4, 2016, through March 31, 2016 [Note: The closure was lifted on March 18, 2016, after a survey determined that there were no longer any nursing elephant seal pups in this area of Drakes Beach.]

Johnson said heavy storm activity this winter with «really big surf» has apparently been sweeping elephant seal pups off the rocks in the rookeries and away from their mothers.

From December 15 to March 31, the following areas are closed to all entry in order to better protect nursing elephant seal pups:

Not exact matches

«The only way we could do that is because we now have over 500 tracks of female elephant seals, and a small number of them didn't have a pup or lost it at sea, so we could compare and see the effects of pregnancy.

90 per cent of male elephant seals never father a pup (Image: Marc Moritsch / National Geographic Stock)

These elephant seals are mostly adolescents, and while a few may pup this year around here, it is not a large breeding colony.

Some examples follow (animal baby names are in parentheses): beaver (kit); cow (calf or heifer); deer (fawn); dog (pup); duck (duckling); eagle (eaglet); elephant (calf); fish (fry); fox (kit); frog (polliwog or tadpole); goat (kid); goose (gosling); hen (pullet); hippo (calf); horse (foal, yearling, or colt); kangaroo (joey); lion (cub); owl (owlet); pigeon (squab or squeaker); quail (cheeper); rabbit (bunny); seal (pup); shark (cub); sheep (lamb); swan (cygnet); turkey (poult); whale (calf); zebra (foal).

This time of year, young elephant seals and harbor seals are born on beaches up and down the California coast, and these pups stay on the beach while their mothers nurse them for about a month.

Within a few months, our busy elephant seal and harbor seal pup seasons were in full swing as well, and we were caring for a record number of patients on - site at our hospital in Sausalito, California: 291.

Our animal care experts suspect this may be what happened to our first pup of 2016, a northern elephant seal we've named Januellie — a mash - up of «January» and «ellie,» an abbreviated nickname for elephant seals.

SAUSALITO (CBS SF)-- During pupping season the Marin County - based Marine Mammal Center is helping abandoned and sick elephant and harbor seal pups with a «Leave Seals Be» campaign, according to center officials.

During pupping season the Marin County - based Marine Mammal Center is helping abandoned and sick elephant and harbor seal pups with a «Leave Seals Be» campaign, according to center officials.

Northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) recolonized the refuge in 1959 with a confirmed pup in 1972.

Alloparenting occurs in these fasting species; [124] while most northern elephant seal mothers nurse their own pups and reject nursings from alien pups, some do accept alien pups with their own.

Female elephant seals show a main breeding strategy strongly constrained in time and space, produce a single pup per breeding season, and show a modest variation in breeding success among individuals.

Stelephant started out as a mere pup in a small harem of northern elephant seals located at Año Nuevo State Reserve.

The relationship between the size of southern elephant seal mothers, the growth of their pups, and the use of maternal energy, fat, and protein during lactation.

Both are most likely to hunt pups, and seldom hunt large bull elephant seals, but have taken seals of all ages.

Staggering populations of over 70,000 California sea lions, 5,000 northern fur seals, 50,000 northern elephant seals and 1,100 harbor seals breed and pup on the island each year.

From observation areas above the sands, watch bellowing bull elephant seals as large as minivans battle for territory, while quieter, smaller females nurture their plump, cigar shaped pups.

March 19, 2012 Seal Pupping Season - NPR - KQED - FM Harbor and elephant seals along the California coast have begun their pupping season, and experts with Marin County's Marine Mammal Center are urging people not to disturb seal pups they spot on the beSeal Pupping Season - NPR - KQED - FM Harbor and elephant seals along the California coast have begun their pupping season, and experts with Marin County's Marine Mammal Center are urging people not to disturb seal pups they spot on thePupping Season - NPR - KQED - FM Harbor and elephant seals along the California coast have begun their pupping season, and experts with Marin County's Marine Mammal Center are urging people not to disturb seal pups they spot on thepupping season, and experts with Marin County's Marine Mammal Center are urging people not to disturb seal pups they spot on the beseal pups they spot on the beach.

From mid-February through the end of June, the Center's rescue and rehabilitation work focuses on orphaned elephant seal and harbor seal pups.

Pupping season - the time of year when Northern elephant seal and harbor seal pups are born along the CA coast - has officially begun!

By April, our busy elephant seal and harbor seal pup seasons were in full swing as well, and we were caring for a record number of patients onsite at our hospital in Sausalito, California: 291.

This grueling schedule is typical of our busy pupping season, which normally wouldn't start until March, when newly weaned elephant seal and harbor seal pups begin to show up here in need of a helping hand.

From observation areas above the sands, watch bellowing bull elephant seals as large as mini-vans battle for territory, while quieter, smaller females nurture their plump, cigar - shape pups.

Drakes Beach Temporary Beach Closure - January 18 through March 15, 2017 A temporary closure of Drakes Beach starting approximately 1/4 mile southwest of the Kenneth C. Patrick Visitor Center and continuing south to the current permanent elephant seal closure was in effect to better protect elephant seals from disturbance during the pupping season when they are exceptionally vulnerable.

A temporary closure of Drakes Beach starting approximately 1/4 mile southwest of the Kenneth C. Patrick Visitor Center and continuing south to the current permanent elephant seal closure was in effect to better protect elephant seals from disturbance during the pupping season when they are exceptionally vulnerable.

Drakes Beach Temporary Beach Closure - January 27 through March 15, 2018 A temporary closure of Drakes Beach starting at the southern edge of the cove in front of the Ken Patrick Visitor Center and continuing south to the current permanent elephant seal closure was in effect to better protect elephant seals from disturbance during the pupping season when they are exceptionally vulnerable.

Up to 10,000 elephant seals migrate to Año Nuevo State Park each year to breed and raise their young pups.