“What We Got Here is Failure to Communicate”~

On February 24, 2017February 26, 2017 By cindy knokeIn Conservation, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, REVERIES, TRAVEL REVIEWS, Wild Life221 Comments

Elephant Seals are obviously not the only species with this problem!

This sub-adult male seems a bit sheepish about his not yet mature mating attempts.

He looks at me almost as if he’s apologetic!

He’s just practising now, learning how to deal with all the rejection.

Elephant Seal mating is disturbingly violent. It is a hard life being an elephant seal.

Looking into the female’s eyes it is impossible not to feel sorry for her and her continual harassment.

For now at least, the adolescent males just look beached and confused!
Cheers to you the Piedras Blancas elephant seals~

Title quote: “Cool Hand Luke.”

Big Bulls: Big Battles (Ellie Families Pt. 1 of 3)

On December 12, 2014February 24, 2015 By cindy knokeIn Conservation, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, REVERIES, TRAVEL REVIEWS155 Comments

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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