-
Tips for becoming a good boxer - November 6, 2020
-
7 expert tips for making your hens night a memorable one - November 6, 2020
-
5 reasons to host your Christmas party on a cruise boat - November 6, 2020
-
What to do when you’re charged with a crime - November 6, 2020
-
Should you get one or multiple dogs? Here’s all you need to know - November 3, 2020
-
A Guide: How to Build Your Very Own Magic Mirror - February 14, 2019
-
Our Top Inspirational Baseball Stars - November 24, 2018
-
Five Tech Tools That Will Help You Turn Your Blog into a Business - November 24, 2018
-
How to Indulge on Vacation without Expanding Your Waist - November 9, 2018
-
5 Strategies for Businesses to Appeal to Today’s Increasingly Mobile-Crazed Customers - November 9, 2018
Elephant seal causes California traffic jam
– An unusual traffic hazard along Highway 37 in Sonoma County on Monday had officers from the California Highway Patrol and researchers from the Marine Mammal Center playing a game of chicken with a 500 pound wayward elephant seal. On Tuesday, the seal was still swimming in the area and workers in a kayak tried to coax it toward the open water.
Advertisement
“This is, I think, the fourth time she’s come out of water and tried to cross the median on Highway 37”, said Barbie Halaska of the Marine Mammal Center. She may have been trying to find a good spot to give birth.
Officials said they have no idea why the seal, named “Tolay” by the rescue crews after the inlet she showed up in, was so determined to get away from the bay.
“Our main goal is that we keep her out of the roadway and in the water”.
Some were hiding nearby with a crate in case the seal made another effort at getting on land, but with the tide going out, that effort would be more hard. “She is just 900 pounds of not wanting to move”, Barclay said.
“The initial plan was to corral her through the parking lot” using several mammal center volunteers and CHP officers. An elephant seal lion swam out of San Pablo Bay and waddled onto Highway 37 near Sears Point yesterday. “They’re attempting to herd it back into the water now”. Volunteers said they usually deal with stranded sea lions in this area but typically don’t see elephant seals, which are commonly found up north in Point Reyes or down in the Peninsula at Ano Nuevo State Park. CHP Officer Andrew Barclay told ABC station KGO that the seal caused a mile-long traffic jam in both directions.
Advertisement
The elephant seal appeared to have given up as of 11 p.m. Monday, but reports indicate it was back trying to cross the road Tuesday morning.