Guadalupe Island

Hurricane at GUADALUPE Following the migration of the Gray whales, from the Arctic ocean to Baja California. I was scheduled to shoot a film on marine mammals,which has now become relatively rare, the Elephant seals.,appears at desert islands, are a giant amphibians. We had long been intrigued by the sounds, they make, their mating habits and their long trunk-shaped nose from which they take their popular name (Mirounga-mirounga), order of Pinnipeds. When on land, remains in a state of somnolence bordering on coma, awakens only to fight and to mate. Refuged on the remote island of Guadalupe.,has remained the main gathering place of Elephant seals., are nomadic creatures. The great herds of elephant seals of North Pacific had been hunted so savagely that there remained no more than hundred specimens which had taken refuge on the remote island of Guadalupe, 134 miles off Baja California. Even after they came under the official protection of the Mexican Government, however, the elephants seals were not left in peace. They were saved, but were at the mercy of every curious zoologist and worse, prey to teams which captured the animals to sell them to zoos. The species was to imminent danger of extinction. Camp to a neighboring beach. On the rocks. We saw approximately two hundred Elephant seals. Gave a terrible roar. Seen from the height of the cliff, the beach was divided into distinct sectors. To the left, there were a number of calves and immature animals, probably born during the proceeding year. In the middle was a group of females with the largest male of the herd. To the right, was a less numerous harem of four or five females with a smaller male. There are specimens twenty two feet long. His trunk was sizable, about two feet in length.