Elephant Seals at Point Reyes

So I went to Pt. Reyes this past weekend. And among many things I got to see elephant seals for the first time in my life. They were mesmerizing. I took a lot of pics. Here are some, all from the Drake’s Beach area.

For some of the “Scenes” I made gifs from a series of pics to show some motion …

The Big Male

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Chimney Rock Area

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And one bonus seal …

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Author: Jonathan Eisen

I am an evolutionary biologist and a Professor at U. C. Davis. (see my lab site here). My research focuses on the origin of novelty (how new processes and functions originate). To study this I focus on sequencing and analyzing genomes of organisms, especially microbes and using phylogenomic analysis

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