01 o 09
ʻO Elephant Seals on the Beach
ʻO Elephant Seals ma Piedras Blancas. Paul Whitfield / Getty Images Ma ke kahakai ma ka'ākau o ka Hale Aliʻiʻo Hearst, ua nui ka'āpana o nā hoʻonani elephant i "neʻe i" i nā makahiki i hala iho nei. Hāpai lākou i kā lākou keiki a make i mua o ko lākou hoʻiʻana i ke kai. ʻO kahi wahi e hāʻawi ai i kahi manawa kūpono eʻike ai i nā holoholona e pili kokoke ana akāʻaʻole pilikia iā lākou a mākou paha.
He paʻakikī ke manaʻo e koho nā hōʻailonaʻeleʻele i kahakai e pili kokoke ana i Kaleponi Highway One a he mau mile wale nō ma ke komohana o ka Castle mō Hearst no kā lākouʻai, akā ua hana maoli lākou i kaʻike.
ʻO ka hili ke kau kūpono eʻike ai i nā hōʻailona e like me kēia. Ua laweʻia kēia kiʻi i loko o Ianuali, e like me ka hoʻomakaʻana o nā mea.
ʻO Piedras Blancas ka waena o San Francisco a me Los Angeles a ma ka hema o ka Hale Aliʻiʻo Hearst. Hiki iāʻoe ke noho ma San Simeon, Cambria, a me Morro Bay, a hele i kahi kahakai i ka hopena o nā lā i ka hopena o ka lā, aiʻole i ka hele lōʻihi e hele i ke kulaʻo Hearst.
02 o 09
ʻO Male e hele ana i uka
ʻO Elephant Seal Coming Athore ma Piedras Blancas. ʻO Danita Delimont / Getty Images Mai ka waenakonu o Nowemapa a hiki i ka hapa o Ianuali, he nui ka poʻe e hele i ke kahawaiʻo Piedras Blancas ma ke alaloaʻo Highway One ma ka'ākau o Hearst Castle eʻike i kekahi o ka neʻeʻana o nā holoholona nui loa o ka honua.
No kaʻikeʻana i ka hoʻokuʻuʻana o kaʻelele i ka hana, e kipa i ka wahi e hoʻomaka ana i ka waenakonu o ka mahina o Nowemapa e nānā i nā hōʻailonaʻeleʻele kāne (kahi e kokoke ana iʻelua tone) e koi i ko lākou'āina a kaua aku i nā "kau bipi"'ē aʻe no ko lākou pono pilikino.
Ke kali nei nā wāhine i nā kāne e'ō aku i waho - hiki mai lākou iʻelua mau pule ma hope o Dekemaba.
03 o 09
ʻO Male Bellowing
ʻO Male Northern Elephant Seals. Michael Mike L. Baird flickr.bairdphotos.com / Getty Images ʻO ka'ōwae o ka'einaʻeleʻele iʻoi aku ka maikaʻi loa i kapaʻia e like me ka "kaʻakani i loko o ka paipu." Inā hiki iāʻoe ke noʻonoʻo i keʻano o iaʻano, a laila,ʻikeʻoe e kali i ka manaʻo he mea iki wale nō.
04 o 09
Ka Male Nui Ke Keʻena Elephant
Nā Male Elephant Seal ma Blanca Blanca. ʻO Frank Lukasseck / Getty Images ʻO kēia mau hoa hakakā nui hoʻi e mālama i ke aloha; hoʻomaka lākou i ka pilina pili i ka lā Valentine. Akā naʻe, heʻano aloha ia no ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka hānai ma hope o ka hōʻailonaʻana o nā hōʻailonaʻeleʻele i ko lākou'āina (a me kā lākou mau wāhine). E kala mai,ʻaʻohe mele kuʻomaʻa a iʻole nā aloha aloha nui maʻaneʻi.
05 o 09
ʻO nā mea hōʻailona kū i ka hoʻohui waiwai
Nā Hōʻailona Elephantile i Piedras Blancas. ʻO Jeff Hunter / Getty Images Ma mua o nā moʻo, hoʻonani nāʻaina'eleʻa i ka molt kaulana, e ninini ana i kahi kepau o kaʻili (lauoho i paʻa) i hoʻokahi hele. I ka wā e paʻa ai kaʻili i loko o ke kai anuanu, hele aku ko lākou koko mai ko lākouʻili i mea e hoʻonui ai i ko lākou mau ikehu.
Ke hoʻi mai lākou i ka'āina, e nalowale keʻili o kaʻili i ka wā e hoʻi hou ai ke koko. E noʻonoʻo e like me ke keʻokeʻo i waho o ka papa, e hoʻokuʻu i ia, a me ka hanaʻana i kahi papa hou ma ka hanaʻana mai loko mai.
06 o 09
ʻO ka makuahine a me ka pup
ʻO ka Elephant Seal a me kāna keiki. No Johnston / Getty Images ʻO ka hapanui o nā hānauʻana he mea maʻamau ia i nā pule heʻelua o Ianuali. Ma hope o ka manawa kūpono e hiki mai ka wā pili.
Hele nā wāhine i uka a noho i uka no kahi mahina, a hānau lākou, make, a hoʻi i ke kai. Inā makemakeʻoe eʻike i nā keiki hōʻailona hōʻailona, e kipa i kekahi manawa ma waena o Kekemapa a me waena o Feberuari.
07 o 09
Elephant Seal Pup
Elephant Seal Pup. ʻO Jeff Hunter / Getty Images ʻOiai hiki ke hānau muaʻia i ka waena o Kekemapa, hiki i ka hopena o ke kauwela ka hopena o Ianuali a hiki i ka lāʻo Feberuari. ʻO nā manawa kūpono e hele ai no ka paʻi a me ka moltingʻo Ianuali,ʻApelila, a meʻOkakopa.
08 o 09
ʻO ka Elephant Seal Nursing
Elephant Seal Pup Nursing. © 2009 Betsy Malloy Photography. Ua hoʻohanaʻia ma kaʻaeʻana. Ma hope o ka hānauʻana o nā keiki, hānai lākou no kahi o nā hebedomaʻehā a ola e like meʻehā manawa i ko lākou nuiʻana. Hāʻawi kēia i ka meaʻai a me ka ikaika e pale ai iā lākou iho i ka wā e haʻalele wale ai ko lākou mau makua, a ma hope iho e hoʻemiʻia nā pups i ka nui.
ʻO kēlā mau mea i ukuhiʻia, aiʻole "weaners" ke aʻo iā lākou iho pehea eʻauʻau ai. Pono lākou e ulu a hiki i ka hili o kaʻeleʻele makua e paʻi ma waena o 1,000 a 2,000 kapuaʻi, i kekahi mau manawa a hiki i ka 20 mau minuke i ka manawa - a hana lākou i kēia mau lā a pau.
09 o 09
ʻO Flipping Sand
ʻO Elephant Seal Flipping Sand. No Johnston / Getty Images Mai ke kāpiliʻana o ke one i ka hoʻonaiʻana i luna o ko lākou mau māmā e hoʻoulu i kā lākou mau'ōpio a hakakā no ka'āina, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo kēia mau'awaʻalo eʻike i keʻano e kau ai i ka hōʻike no nā malihini. E like me nā holoholona hihiu'ē aʻe, he mea nui e noho kaʻawale a hāʻawi i kēia mau holoholona i kahi manawa. E nānā ma kahi lōʻihi, eʻoluʻolu, a kiʻi i nā kiʻi. Heʻoiaʻiʻo he "make-do" e hoʻonui i kāu papa inoa. A oiaiʻoe ma ia wahi, hiki iāʻoe ke mākaʻikaʻi i ka hale kukuiʻo Piedras Blancas .
ʻO San Simeon State Park kahi oʻelua mau kahakaiʻo Kaleponi kahi e makemake ai nā hōʻailona'elepona. Eʻike i ka mea e kali ai e pili ana i nā hoʻonani hōʻailonaʻeleʻele ma Año Nuevo State Park , ma ka'ākau o Santa Cruz.