Sentences with phrase «elephant seal pups in»
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.]
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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.
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).
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.
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.
We're also right in the thick of peak harbor seal and elephant seal pup season, with more than 187 patients on - site today.
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.
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.
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.
In particular, northern elephant seal pups gain 4 kg (9 lb) each day before they are weaned.
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.
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.
Dillenger is a female elephant seal pup that was rescued in February 2017.
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.
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.
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.
Listen to sounds in an elephant seal rookery, which includes males, females, and young (pups).
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.
From December 15 to March 31, the following areas are closed to all entry in order to better protect nursing elephant seal pups:
The pups instinct is to chase fish, so workers will drag fish through the water in pens to replicate the movements in the wild to trigger the elephant seals» biology.