
Sunny's Tags Snagged!
Posted January 11th, 2009 by NicoleMarieTeutschel
in Año Nuevo State Reserve
Elephant Seal Homecoming Days
marine debris
Northern elephant seal
northern elephant seal
ocean pollution
satellite tag
tagging
TOPPBlog
Nicole Teutschel at UC Santa Cruz, Long Marine Lab--The E Seal Team recovered Sunny’s tags this week! Sunny is a one of TOPP’s featured seals with Elephant Seal Homecoming Days, and for a good reason! When Sunny was 3 years old, she had a packing strap (a plastic piece of garbage) stuck around her arm (or, flipper!) pits. As she grew and got bigger, the strap got tighter, and tighter.