01 na 09
Haɗin Gizon a kan Tekun
Elephant Seals a Piedras Blancas. Paul Whitfield / Getty Images A kan rairayin bakin teku a arewacin Hearst Castle, babban rukuni na alamar giwa ya "koma cikin" a cikin 'yan shekarun nan. Suna daukar 'ya'yansu da ma'aurata kafin su koma cikin teku. Wannan wurin yana ba da damar da zai iya ganin dabbobi suna kusa amma ba tare da haɗari ga su ko mu ba.
Yana da wuya a yi imani da cewa giwaye na giwaye za su zabi rairayin bakin teku a kusa da California Highway One da kuma nisan mil kilomita a kudu na Hearst Castle don rookery, amma sun kirkiro wani wasan kwaikwayo.
Winter ne farkon kakar wasa don ganin alamar giwaye kamar wannan. Wannan hotunan da aka dauka a cikin Janairu, kamar yadda abubuwa ke farawa.
Piedras Blancas yana da tsaka tsakanin San Francisco da Los Angeles kuma a kudancin Hearst Castle. Za ku iya zama a San Simeon, Cambria ko Morro Bay kuma ya haɗu da tafiya zuwa rairayin bakin teku a wani yanki na karshen mako a yankin, ko kuma a cikin dogon lokaci zuwa ziyara a garin Hearst.
02 na 09
Maza yana zuwa Bahar
Hawan Elephant Coming Ashore a Piedras Blancas. Danita Delimont / Getty Images Daga tsakiyar watan Nuwamba zuwa tsakiyar Janairu, mutane da dama suna zuwa Piedras Blancas ne kawai a kan titin Highway One a arewacin Hearst Castle don yin shaida akan daya daga cikin ƙauyukan dabba mafi girma a duniya.
Don ganin gudun hijira ta giwaye a cikin aiki, ziyarci yankin da ya fara tsakiyar tsakiyar watan Nuwamba don kallon dangin maza da aka bazara a kan giwaye (wasu kimanin kimanin ton biyu) don sayen ƙasarsu kuma su yi yaki da sauran "bijimai" don hakkokin su.
Matan suna jira maza don su kwashe shi - sun isa mako guda bayan Disamba.
03 na 09
Mai suna Bellowing
Male Arewa Elephant Seals. Michael Mike L. Baird flickr.bairdphotos.com / Getty Images Majijin namiji na hatimin giwa yana mafi kyau da aka kwatanta shi kamar "motar motar a cikin kogi." Idan zaku iya tunanin abin da wannan yake so, to, ku sani kuna tsammani ra'ayi ne kawai amma ba shiru ba.
04 of 09
Babbar Jagoran Elephant
Gidan Hanya Elephant a Piedras Blancas. Frank Lukasseck / Getty Images Har ma wadannan manyan 'yan'uwanmu masu cin hanci suna kiyaye shi; sun fara yin al'ada a lokacin ranar soyayya. Duk da haka, wannan yana da farin ciki kamar yadda ya samu saboda jingina ta fara ne kawai bayan bayanan manyan giwaye suka nuna ƙasarsu (da takwarorinsu mata). Yi haƙuri, babu cakulan ko babban ƙauna mai kyau a nan.
05 na 09
Hanyoyin Gina Hanya
Hanyoyin Gina giwaye a Piedras Blancas. Jeff Hunter / Getty Images Yawanci kamar maciji, marubutan giwa suna karɓar miki mai ƙyama, zubar da wani fata na fata (gashi a haɗe) a daya tafi. Lokacin da sintiri ya kwarara ta cikin ruwan sanyi mai zurfi, jininsu yana fita daga fata don kara yawan asalinsu.
Lokacin da suka dawo zuwa kasa, sun rasa kashin fata lokacin da jinin ya dawo da shi. Ka yi la'akari da shi a matsayin daskarewa mai matsanancin launi, ta rushe shi, da kuma ƙirƙirar sabon salo ta hanyar reheating daga ciki.
06 na 09
Uwa da Pup
Gigon Elephant da Ɗanta. Don Johnston / Getty Images Yawancin haifa suna faruwa ne a cikin makonni biyu na ƙarshe na Janairu. Bayan lokaci mai mahimmanci ya zo kakar wasa.
Mata suna zuwa teku kuma sun zauna a cikin ƙasa har tsawon wata daya, lokacin da suke haifar da haifa, da mawuyacin hali, da kuma komawa teku. Idan kana so ka ga jariri hatimin jariri, ziyarci kowane lokaci tsakanin Disamba da tsakiyar Fabrairu.
07 na 09
Elephant Seal Pup
Elephant Seal Pup. Jeff Hunter / Getty Images Ko da yake haihuwar haihuwar na iya faruwa a tsakiyar watan Disamba, yawancin lokaci ya faru a ƙarshen Janairu kuma ya ci gaba har zuwa Fabrairu. Kwanan lokaci mafi kyau don ziyarci abubuwa da ƙuƙwalwa shine Janairu, Afrilu da Oktoba.
08 na 09
Matashi na Yammacin Gudun Elephant
Harkokin Gidan Gida na Elephant. © 2009 Betsy Malloy Photography. An yi amfani da shi ta izinin. Bayan haihuwar jarirai, sunyi aiki har zuwa makonni huɗu kuma suna girma kusan sau hudu girman su da aka haifa. Wannan yana ba su abinci mai gina jiki da makamashi don kare kansu lokacin da iyayensu ba da izini ba, bayan haka almajiran sun rage girman.
Wadannan 'yan jarirai da aka yaye su, ko kuma "shayarwa" sa'an nan kuma suka koya kan yadda za su yi iyo. Dole ne su kasance da siffar saboda alamar hawan gwanin giya na iya rushewa tsakanin 1,000 zuwa 2,000 feet, wani lokaci har zuwa minti 20 a lokaci - kuma suna yin haka duk rana.
09 na 09
Flipping Sand
Elephant Seal Flipping Sand. Don Johnston / Getty Images Tun daga yatsan yashi don yin kwance a saman ƙwayoyin su don tayar da yarinyar da kuma fadawa ga yankin, wadannan alamar giwa sun tabbatar da yadda za a nuna wani baƙi ga baƙi. Kamar dai sauran dabba daji, ko da yake, yana da muhimmanci mu tsaya a nan kuma ku ba wadannan dabbobi su sarari. Watch daga nesa, ji dadin, kuma ku ɗauki hotuna. Babu shakka dole ne "dole-yi" don ƙara zuwa jerinku. Kuma yayin da kake cikin yanki, zaka iya zagaye na Filaye Blancas na Piedras .
San Simeon State Park yana daya daga cikin wurare biyu na jihar California inda ake son filayen giwa. Gano abin da za ku yi tsammani game da tsararren giwaye a Año Nuevo State Park , arewacin Santa Cruz.