01 ea 09
Litlhōrō Tsa Tlou li Lebōpong
Litlhōrō Tsa Tlou li Piedras Blancas. Paul Whitfield / Getty Images Lebōpong le ka leboea ho Hearst Castle, sehlopha se seholo sa linotši tsa tlou se 'nile sa kena' lilemong tse 'maloa tse fetileng. Ba jara bana ba bona le molekane pele ba khutlela leoatleng. Sebaka seo se fana ka monyetla o sa tloaelehang oa ho bona liphoofolo li le haufi empa li se na kotsi ho bona kapa rona.
Ho thata ho lumela hore litiiso tsa litlou li ne li tla khetha lebōpo le haufi le California Highway One le lik'hilomithara tse 'maloa ka boroa ho Hearst Castle bakeng sa li-rookery, empa ka sebele li entse pono e ntle.
Mariha ke nako ea bohlokoa ea ho bona tlou e tiisa joalo. Setšoantšo sena se nkiloe ka January, feela joalokaha lintho li ne li qala.
Piedras Blancas e bohareng ba San Francisco le Los Angeles le ka boroa ho Hearst Castle. U ka lula San Simeon, Cambria kapa Morro Bay 'me u kenyeletse leeto la lebōpong la leoatle ka ho phomola mafelo-beke sebakeng seo, kapa leetong le lelelele la ho etela Hearst Castle.
02 ea 09
Monna ea Tlang Leoatleng
Pontšo ea Elephants e Tlang Leoatleng la Piedras Blancas. Danita Delimont / Getty Images Ho tloha bohareng ba November ho fihlela bohareng ba January, batho ba bangata ba ea lebōpong la Piedras Blancas haufi le Highway One ka leboea ho Hearst Castle ho tla bona e 'ngoe ea liphoofolo tse ntle ka ho fetisisa lefatšeng.
E le hore ponahalo ea tlou e tsamaee, etela sebakeng seo ho tloha bofelong ba November ho ea shebella litiiso tsa litlou tsa banna ba baholo (ba bang ba boima ba lithane tse peli) ho ea batla naha ea bona le ho loantša "lipoho" tse ling bakeng sa litokelo tsa bona tsa ho nyalana.
Tse tšehali li letetse banna bao hore ba li hlahise - li fihla libeke tse 'maloa hamorao ka December.
03 ea 09
Monna ea Thabisang
Elephant Elephant Seals. Michael Mike L. Baird flickr.bairdphotos.com / Getty Images Sefuba sa setohali sa tona se hlalosoa ka ho fetisisa se tšoana le "sethuthuthu sa pipe." Haeba u ka inahanela hore na seo se utloahala joang, joale u tseba ho lebella hore pono e se e khutsitse feela.
04 ea 09
Sekoahelo se seholo sa Elephant Elephant
Tlhaloso ea Elephants ea banna e Piedras Blancas. Frank Lukasseck / Getty Images Esita le batho bana ba bangata ba khabang ba e boloka e le lerato; ba qala meetlo ea ho nyalana ho pota Letsatsi la Valentine. Leha ho le joalo, ho joalo ho ratana hobane ho fumana molekane ho qala feela ka mor'a hore litiiso tse khōlō tsa tlou li tšoae tšimo ea tsona (le basali ba bona ba basali). Tšoarelo, ha ho na likhetho kapa boitšisinyo bo kholo mona.
05 ea 09
Li-Elephant Elephant Seals
Li-Elephant Elephant Seals at Piedras Blancas. Jeff Hunter / Getty Images Ho tšoana le linoha, litiiso tsa tlou li na le molt o tsotehang haholo, o hloekisang letlalo le leng (moriri o kopantsoeng) ka lekhetlo le le leng. Ha matšoao a phalla metsing a batang joalo a batang, mali a bona a tloha letlalong ho ea eketsa matla a bona.
Ha ba khutlela mobung, ba lahleheloa ke letlalo la letlalo ha mali a khutlela morao ho lona. Ak'u nahane ka ho hatisa karolo e ka thōko, ho e senya, le ho theha mocha o mocha ka ho tsosolosa ka hare.
06 ea 09
'Mè le Pup
Sekhetho sa 'Mè oa Elephant le Ngoana oa hae. Don Johnston / Getty Images Hangata bana ba tsoaloang ba etsahala libeke tse peli tse fetileng tsa January. Kamora nako ea ho qeta nako e fihla nako ea ho belaela.
Tse tšehali li fihla lebōpong 'me li lula lebōpong ka nako e fetang khoeli, nakong eo li hlahisang, molekane le ho khutlela leoatleng. Haeba u batla ho bona li-pups tse sa tsoa tsoaloa, etela nako efe kapa efe pakeng tsa December le bohareng ba February.
07 ea 09
Tlhaloso ea Elephant Pup
Tlhaloso ea Elephant Pup. Jeff Hunter / Getty Images Le hoja tsoalo ea pele e ka etsahala ho elella bohareng ba December, tlhōrō ea nako ea ho ithabisa e hlaha ho elella bofelong ba January mme e tsoelapele ho fihlela ka February. Linako tse ntle ka ho fetisisa tsa ho etela li-birthing le molting ke January, April le October.
08 ea 09
Young Elephant Seal Nursing
Tlhaloso ea Litlou Pup Nursing. © 2009 Betsy Malloy Photography. E sebelisoa ke tumello. Ka mor'a hore li-pups li tsoaloe, li noa libeke tse 'nè' me li hōla hoo e ka bang makhetlo a mane ka boholo boo ba neng ba le ho bona ha ba tsoaloa. Sena se ba fa phepo e nepahetseng le matla a ho iketsetsa hang ha 'mè oa bona a tloha kapele, ka mor'a moo li-pups li fokotseha ka boholo.
Li-pups tsena tse khoesitsoeng, kapa "li-lema" li ipuella ho sesa. Li lokela ho ba sebōpeho hobane tiiso e khōlō ea tlou e ka phalla pakeng tsa 1 000 ho ea ho 2 000 maoto, ka linako tse ling ho fihlela metsotso e 20 ka nako - mme ba etsa sena letsatsi lohle.
09 ea 09
Ho Phalla Lehlabathe
Letšoao la Tlou ea Phomola Lehlabathe. Don Johnston / Getty Images Ho tloha ka lehlabathe ho phalla holimo ka matšoafo a bona ho hōlisa bana ba bona le ho loanela tšimo, litlou tsena li tiisa hore li tseba ho beha papali bakeng sa baeti. Feela joaloka phoofolo leha e le efe e hlaha, ke habohlokoa ho lula hole le ho fa liphoofolo tsena sebaka sa tsona. Shebella ho tloha hōle, thabela, 'me u nke litšoantšo. Ka sebele ke "ho tlameha ho etsa" ho eketsa lethathamong la hau. 'Me ha u ntse u le sebakeng sena, u ka boela ua etela Lighthouse ea Piedras Blancas .
San Simeon State Park ke e 'ngoe ea libaka tse peli tsa California tse lebōpong la leoatle litlou tsa tlou li khetha. Fumana hore na u ka lebella eng ka meetlo ea ho robala ea tlou sebakeng sa Park ea Año Nuevo , ka leboea ho Santa Cruz.