This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
Tuesday, 12 July 2022
Whose Bloody Beach is it Anyhow?
Millions of people have predictably watched a TikTok video-clip of people on a San Diego beach, fleeing sparring Sea lions (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/11/san-diego-sea-lions-beach-tiktok). Male Sea lions fight other males for access to 'harems' of females. The females collectively come ashore to give birth at a particular time of the year. The fights by males are often bloody, as the rewards for the 'bulls' (in terms of passing on their genes) are so large. Sea lions have adopted this life style and have presumably used the particular beach for years. Local humans don't have to sunbathe on the same beaches at the same time. The San Diego folk simply ought to have been grateful there were no Elephant seals on 'their' beach. These much bigger marine mammals, really would send you running!
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