On Wednesday, Jordan, Critter and I headed 40 miles south to Ano Nuevo to see the elephant seals. It was a beautiful drive down highway one -no clouds, bright blue sky and warm sunshine. From Dec- March there are hundreds of elephant seals on the beach at Ano Nuevo State Park. The 15 foot, 5,000 pound alpha males fight one another for procreation rights. The winner takes over forty females and the loser gets NONE. The females give birth and transfer 50% of their fat to their 60 lbs pups via milk. In a few weeks they weigh over 300 pounds. Once the pups are no longer pups, they are called weaners :) We saw lots of weaners laying on the sand and one playing in the water.
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