Sentences with phrase «elephant seals hunted»

Why were elephant seals hunted?

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The ethereal glow produced by animals deep in the ocean could be key for southern elephant seals on the hunt

In the United States, the elephant seal, like all marine mammals, is protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), passed in 1972, which outlaws hunting, killing, capture, and harassment of the animal.

Northern elephant seals were hunted almost to extinction during the 19th century, but after the introduction of protection laws in the United States and Mexico the species recovered at fast rate, and expanded outside its previous breeding range.

For years, the elephant seal was hunted almost to extinction.

While hunting in the dark depths, elephant seals seem to locate their prey, at least in part, using vision; the bioluminescence of some prey animals can facilitate their capture.

Great white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) have hunted elephant seals near Campbell Island, while bite marks from a southern sleeper shark (Somniosus antarcticus) have been found on surviving elephant seals in the Macquarie Islands.

After commercial hunting ended, some species, such as the gray whale and northern elephant seal, have rebounded in numbers; conversely, other species, such as the North Atlantic right whale, are critically endangered.

The two species, the northern elephant seal (M. angustirostris) and the southern elephant seal (M. leonina), were both hunted to the brink of extinction by the end of the 19th century, but the numbers have since recovered.

With fine dining and antique hunting available in nearby Cambria, you are also within minutes of wine tasting in Paso Robles, hiking in Big Sur, exploring Hearst Castle and viewing the natural wonder of the Piedras Blancas elephant seal rookery.

While hunting in the dark depths, elephant seals seem to locate their prey at least partly by vision; the bioluminescence of some prey animals can facilitate their capture.

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

Here, some 17,000 elephant seals, once hunted to near extinction, haul up on the rocky sands to breed, have their young, molt, and rest.

Get a fascinating, close - up look at seasonally migrating California Grey Whales or watch a great white shark hunt elephant seals off the coastal islands and sea rocks.

Hunted nearly to extinction in the 1800's, California's elephant seals have made a remarkable comeback and are now protected by the U.S. Marine Mammal Protection Act.