Elephant Seals: Our Window to the Ocean

A ten minute documentary depicting the remarkable and uplifting story of the northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris). Since time immemorial, vast numbers of elephant seals could be found breeding, molting, and rearing their young on the western seashores of North America. Unfortunately, American whalers hunted them to near-extinction in the late 19th century. The documentary describes how the recent resurgence of the elephant seal population at Point Reyes National Seashore and in the greater Pacific Ocean demonstrates the success of marine conservation laws and threatened species protections.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• science
• nature
• documentary
• elephant
• seal
• marine
• habitat
• protections
• california
• point reyes
• national seashore
• pacific coast
• learning center

[KennyReddwooddforest]

Is the tagging of the fins painful?