Monday, December 28, 2015

Elephant seal repeatedly tries to cross California highway


In this photo provided by the California Highway Patrol, wildlife experts from the Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito attempt to corral an elephant seal that repeatedly tried to cross a highway, slowing traffic in Sonoma, Calif., Monday, Dec. 28, 2015. CHP spokesman Officer Andrew Barclay says callers first reported the 500-pound mammal was trying to climb the divider wall of Highway 37 near Sears Point in Sonoma. He says U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service crews and CHP officers managed to usher the adult seal back into the San Francisco Bay. But it got back out of the water again at least twice. (California Highway Patrol via AP)SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Wildlife experts and law enforcement officials are working to keep a determined elephant seal off a Northern California highway that it has repeatedly tried to cross, slowing traffic in the area.


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