Do elephant seals follow the same path each year?
Posted February 17th, 2009Question from E-seal watcher:
Do elephant seals follow the same path each year? Or is it random? And Where to the weaners go when they leave the beach?
Answered by SamanthaSimmonsAnswer:
It definitely does not appear to be random, they do follow similar migration paths and visit similar places each year. As far as the weaners, they disperse, mostly north it appears, along the continental shelf and can travel as far north as Alaska on their first migration!
Check out more about weaners:
http://topp.org/blog/weaners_are_coming
http://topp.org/blog/weaners_gulf_alaska
Weaners sticking together and staying out of the Año Nuevo harem. Photo: Nicole Teutschel
