Large Male Elephant Seal. Elephant Seals Near Cambria California. Off Highway 1, These ocean going mammals spend eight to ten months a year in the ope

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Large Male Elephant Seal. Elephant Seals Near Cambria California. Off Highway 1, These ocean going mammals spend eight to ten months a year in the open ocean, diving 1,000 to 5,000 feet deep for periods of fifteen minutes to two hours, and migrating thousands of miles, twice a year, to their land based rookery for birthing, breeding, molting and rest. The Piedras Blancas rookery, on Highway 1 seven miles north of San Simeon on the California Central Coast, is home to about 17,000 animals.

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