As The Times noted earlier this year, pinnipeds have a way of getting themselves into some unexpected places. Above, those are two elephant seals near San Simeon, just off California 1. In a story with the unbeatable headline "Where Blubber Meets the Road," Catherine Saillant described how the elephant seals somehow worked their way onto the highway, surprising more than a few motorists.
In late June a 150-pound female sea lion found its way into a Santa Clara creek and stayed there for 10 days until it was rescued this week by police officers and volunteers from a marine life organization. The San Jose Mercury News described the sea lion rescue:
The sea lion was first sighted June 27 in the shallow water of a concrete-lined channel along the San Tomas Aquino/Saratoga Creek Trail, near the San Tomas Expressway.
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