Launch of rowboat holding netted seal, San Benito Islands, Mexico, 1937 ...

Three men from the Velero III push rowboat containing a netted baby elephant seal for the San Diego Zoo from the beach into the surf, San Benito Islands, Baja California, Gulf of California, Mexico, 1937 July 14-15. Irwin Smith is at the oars. Also dated "11/18/37". "Capturing a sea e...

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Main Author: Unknown
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: University of Southern California Digital Library (USC.DL) 2021
Subjects:
Beaches lcsh
Boats lcsh
Elephant seals lcsh
Men lcsh
Nets lcsh
Rocks lcsh
Seals Animals lcsh
Smith, Irwin personal name
Elephant Seal
Elephant Seals
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.25549/hancock-c82-28837
https://digitallibrary.usc.edu/asset-management/2A3BF1O65Z8S2
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Summary:Three men from the Velero III push rowboat containing a netted baby elephant seal for the San Diego Zoo from the beach into the surf, San Benito Islands, Baja California, Gulf of California, Mexico, 1937 July 14-15. Irwin Smith is at the oars. Also dated "11/18/37". "Capturing a sea elephant for the San Diego Zoo: Baby goes for ride -- Baby sea elephants, weighing perhaps 900 pounds, are netted and roled into a boat, to be transported through boiling surf by a daring oarsman and finally lifted aboard the diesel-powered [launch]." ...

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