I wasn't 100% certain, it looked like two ducks, but it was two seals, side by side, into the river delta. My wife saw one last month but these were the first sightings for me this season.
Damn, I haven’t posted in a bit! I am finally on the mend, so time to get back in the swing of things. I haven’t posted been sketching despite my cold. I too was inspired by Neil the seal 💙💙 #Sketching #Art #Seals #Snakes
"Why ‘Neil the seal’ is unleashing chaos in Tasmania
This one-ton elephant seal has gone viral for smashing into cars and infrastructure, but biologists have a more poignant explanation for his behavior.
'Neil the seal' is a five-year-old, one-ton, pure chaos southern elephant seal. Rampaging around towns on the Tasmanian coast, Neil has stolen hearts even as he has been spotted overturning road posts, ramming into cars, sleeping in residential areas and blocking traffic. He has a dedicated following of more than 1.5 million social media fans, and it’s easy to see why, says Cara Field, director of conservation medicine at the Marine Mammal Center in California.
'I’m a little bit obsessed with him,' Field says.
To many onlookers, Neil’s shenanigans appear adorably quirky. But to marine biologists like Field, Neil is simply doing what young male elephant seals are meant to do, albeit with flair."
Neil, a five-year-old elephant seal, continues to make himself at home in southern Tasmania, Australia. The 1,000kg seal has become a local legend thanks to his habit of picking fights with bollards and playfully crushing fences. Senator Jacqui Lambie said he is “the only bloke in Tasmania who can stop traffic, ignore everyone, and still be loved for it”
On a sandy beach, two cranky adult female elephant seals open their mouths wide to vocalize aggressively at a small, dark pup caught between them. The poor young fella looks directly forward with a wide-eyed, bewildered expression of shock as he is firmly rejected.
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A Mother and Pup California Harbor Seal are relaxing in the shallow water, on a small section of beach located between Hopkins Marine Station and Lovers Point.
