Comments on: Año Nuevo for the elephant seal molt

By: John Soares

John Soares — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:51:06 +0000

Thanks Tom. I might be in the market for a small, lightweight, but capable camera that’s more portable than my current DSLR.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:17:18 +0000

John: Canon A710is that Fedak donated to me after I dropped my other camera at Big Basin and bricked it. It has a 6x zoom, which is what I used to get the pix of the elephant seals.

By: John Soares

John Soares — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:06:32 +0000

Stunning pics, Tom.

What camera do you use?

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:47:57 +0000

I think only the elephant seals shed in this manner.

It feels like a bit of tanned leather, it’s not really all that gross to the touch.

Researchers tranquilize the bulls and glue tracking devices on them; they shed the devices on land with the rest of their outer layer of skin and the researchers track them down and find out everywhere the elephant seals swam in the previous year.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:42:30 +0000

Seals shed their skin in patches!?!? I had no idea. Gross.