Henry the Elephant Seal

Henry was an elephant seal that made Geelong his home for a number of years. Henrys last visit was in 2005 when he decided to check in to Geelong’s beautiful waterfront, it was a far cry from the industrial environments of Point Henry where he has enjoyed the previous years.
The last year Herny visited Geelong has made the sandy and grassy shores of Richie Boulevard his home. Lazing all day under the palm tree, Henry did’t get up to much other than to delight the hundreds of visitors he got each day. Most of the time he was too sleepy to even notice their presence.
Henry was a 7 year old southern elephant seal, seals are generaly known as an alpha male when they reach 8 years and start breading between 8 and 12 years. Elephant seals come from the Southern Ocean towards Antarctica, he had a bit of blubber on him but some of the members in his family are over 2000 kg.
In the ocean Henry hunts for fish and squid, he’s also partial to a penguin or two. He can dive in water for around an hour while he hunts.
With all that blubber seals are not to good at moving around on land for long distances, but he can move very fast on a short sprint. Being such a big animal they could be very dangerous for anyone getting in his way. While visiting Geelong he had around the clock carers, just to ensure he was kept safe and visitors are kept at a safe distance.
Henry left Geelong on the 10th of July 2005 and has not been seen since. It’s assumed Henry may have become the lunch of a whale or shark as if he was still around, he most likely would have visited Geelong again like he had do so many times during the early 2000’s.