Elephant seal from traffic standoff delivers pup
A rescue worker in a kayak even used a bullhorn to yell at the animal and try to scare her back into open water.
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2016-01-05 15:18 GMT
San Francisco: An elephant seal that tied up traffic in Northern California last week has given birth. The San Francisco Chronicle reports Monday that the birth happened Saturday, five days after the 900-pound (400-kilogram) seal first tried to cross a busy highway.
Rescue crews last Wednesday tranquilized the wayward seal that snarled traffic for two days by trying to cross the highway several times. The wandering seal appeared healthy and fit, but experts thought she might be pregnant. Before the seal was tranquilized, a rescue worker in a kayak used a bullhorn to yell at the animal and try to scare her back into open water. The effort failed.
She was not injured. Officials said they have no idea why the seal was determined to get away from the bay.