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| Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery [photo by David Johnson] |
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TITLE: The Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery
PRESENTER: Dr. David Johnson, California State Park Elephant Seal Docent
Description:
Join David Johnson, California State Park Elephant Seal Docent, to learn all about the elephant seals at Hearst San Simeon State Park. Discover the fascinating life cycle, adaptations, and natural history of these marine mammals and why they come to local beaches.
Bio: Dr. David Johnson spent 30 years as an owner and physician at Chiropractic Health Care of Rancho Santa Margarita. His practice served the community of Rancho Santa Margarita and surrounding areas. The practice was a family practice diagnosing and treating sports injuries, back and neck pain, sciatica and other musculoskeletal disorders.
David has a bachelor of science in Biology, a doctorate of Chiropractic from the Southern California University of Health Sciences and post doctorate education in the treatment of automobile injuries and sports injuries.
He has a love for the ocean that has continued since he was a child growing up in Orange County, CA body surfing and snorkeling. As an adult he became a certified PADI Open Water Diver and continued his education with Advanced Open Water certification and as a certified Rescue Diver. He and his wife travel all over the world scuba diving. He estimates that he has spent greater than 30 full days underwater!
David Johnson has volunteered at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA as a professional diver for 10 years where he engaged in activities such as hand feeding the animals (yes even a few sharks), keeping the exhibits clean and educating the public by speaking from underwater during the diver shows. When he retired and moved up to San Luis Obispo in 2022, he found the Friends of the Elephant Seals and decided that would be a great way to spend his volunteer time as an extension of his love for the ocean.
