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I saw male elephant seals last Monday that had returned to the beach north of San Simeon on Highway 1. Though my viewing was cut short by wind, rain and hail, seeing the bulls cavorting in the surf was thrilling -- if only for 10 minutes.

Bennett J. Mintz

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