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Éléphants de mer – Elephant Seals (video+photos)

December 16th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Des éléphants de mer du nord (phoques) aperçus près de San Siméon sur la côte pacifique en Californie. Certains faisaient la sieste pendant que d’autres étaient au combat.

Elephant seals near San Simeon. The males start competing for mates in December. Enjoy! This colony was established a decade ago and already includes several thousand seals. Elephant seals were nearly hunted to extinction in the last century.

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  • 1 Bonnie Macdonald // Dec 16, 2009 at 2:13 pm

    wow!! Lucie were you using a zoom lens or do these seals actually let you get quite close? Amazing shots!

  • 2 admin // Dec 17, 2009 at 10:23 pm

    We were 6 feet away or so… close enough to be amazed!

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