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It's not pretty. An elephant seal molts at Ano Nuevo State Park. Photo by Wikimedia user MonicaSP54.

A Catastrophic Molt

The elephant seals are back at California’s Año Nuevo State Park. But this is not their famous January breeding season, replete with cute newborn seals and brutal fights between males. Nope, this time they’re here to molt. The seals spend their month on land laying around the beach, languishing in the sun while giant patches…

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