Pouring My Art Out

Elephant seals can look very cute and cuddly…

But stay away from the males… especially during mating season… those are just two teenagers. I think the big bulls can weigh like a ton or more and crush a car.

If you look closely at that picture up there you will see four sets of males battling each other.

When the young ones do it, it is just practice for later battles. It looks sort of adorable.

But they are biting each other and smacking each other with their heads. When the big bulls do it, blood flows and it is ugly and vicious.

Meanwhile, the females and younger pups just rest in the sand.

There is lots of yawning and stretching and digging sand up into the air to cover themselves to keep from getting sunburned.

But even there, nature is always a harsh mistress… that buzzard is just looking for any pups that die of natural causes or get crushed when the big males start fighting… or for any adults that get taken by the Great White sharks that lurk in the waters offshore… there is always something left for the scavengers.

Hey, it’s tough being an animal.