It must be good to be an elephant seal bull…..
weigh 5000 pounds,
own beach front property,
and have a harem.
Then again, maybe not so good,
you can’t win every battle,
and losing looks too painful!
It must be tough to be a bull….
and sometimes quite discouraging….
Cheers to you from the extraordinary elephant seal bulls at Big Sur California~
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Cindy, such a HAPPY POST! just fun and a nice treat from the red and green of Xmas (which I am not tired of yet, but this was culture rich too)
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Yay! The made me happy and I am glad they did you too. Thank you~
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Beautiful Pictures, thank you very much Cindy….💗💗💗
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Your most welcome and have a great wochende!
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What a lovely set of photos & a great way to start my morning! I had no idea so many of them gathered there.
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So pleased you enjoyed them and cheers to you~
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Do they notice you taking pictures?
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Oh yes, wild animals tend to know a human is in their space long before we notice the animal. It can be disconcerting when you fix the telephoto on animals you just spotted and see them all looking at you.
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As I mention I watch NETGO and Animal Planet and the animals do seem to look right in the camera. Especially watching the lions. The camera men seem so close and the lions don’t seem concern.
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Lions are so incredible, seeing them in the wild was a major life thrill…They came up to our open vehicle, but they were hunting and not us, so they streamed around us. Fabulous~
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Amazing shots, Cindy. What awesome creatures they are. 🙂
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They definitely command one’s complete attention~
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Battle scars.
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Tons of scars, lots of battles~
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Duh… Stupid me as always… Working backwards (because you’re behind) is not smart. Big Sur, eh? I never knew there were that many seals up there. There’s only a couple here now and I know there are hundreds up in Frisco…but Big Sur? Wow…or is it duh? 🙂
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It’s not duh, not even close. I always read sequential blog posts backwards, I sort of enjoy it. I just sent your Tokyo firebombing series to my friend Junko who comes from there. It should be published. Have you considered submitting it? It really is outstanding, if painful, but so important for people to read.
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Thanks for sharing it and the encouragement! Alas, I am not a writer and even if I pursued “publishing”, it will likely be a drain financially… Not enough courage! 🙂
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Das sind viele. LG. Wolfgang
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Sie sind sehr große Jungs ! 😉 😉 Glückliche Advent Wolfgang! ❤
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What stunning creatures! I feel so bad for the poor seal who lost the battle. His eyes seem full of sadness.
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Yes, and of course I worried about him and googled to try and find out if he would be okay. In addition to the injuries you see here, he had a big chunk bit out near his tail. He looked in pain and shifted around a lot like one does when one is in pain. Poor, poor guy. These holes are just gaping and I hope he makes it. I have no idea how they heal or if they get infected. They were mostly in blubber except for the torn mouth. He needed stiches and antibiotics. There is a group called Friends of The Elephant Seals that looks after the seals, but they will not interfere in natural injuries, only human made ones. Although it is hard to figure what a ‘natural’ injury really is anymore in our compromised and degraded natural world and this species was almost annihilated.
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Liebe Cindy das sind wunderschöne Fotos ganz toll an zu sehen einen schönen Mittwoch wünsche ich dir mit ganz lieben Grüßen Klaus
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Vielen, vielen Dank Klaus und ich freue mich Ihnen die Fotos gefallen!
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Amazing photos!!! Thank you for sharing
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Thank you more for appreciating! ❤
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okay, I am going to be honest here….they are U G L Y!!! Happy Holidays my dear.
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Laughing….beauty is in the eye of the beholder!! 😉 Merry Christmas to you and your family Antionette! ❤
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You too my dear!
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Amazing portraits with wondrous details dear Cindy ! Perfect timing,looks as if they are posing for you !!! Although they are h u g e … I suppose they are innocent and harmless. Great experience to see them close up !!!
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Huge, innocent and charming! What a perfect set of descriptors! Cheers to you and hugz too~
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Du bist sehr nett! Vielen Dank~
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I loved your narrative on this. Ooh, that poor guy in the last photo.
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