Sentences with phrase «northern elephant seal pups»
In particular, northern elephant seal pups gain 4 kg (9 lb) each day before they are weaned.
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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.
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.
Stelephant started out as a mere pup in a small harem of northern elephant seals located at Año Nuevo State Reserve.
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.
Pupping season - the time of year when Northern elephant seal and harbor seal pups are born along the CA coast - has officially begun!
A female northern elephant seal protects her newborn pup as she warns away a young male with amorous intentions for her.