 Why did the 900 pound elephant seal try to cross the road? Honestly no one knows. There was nothing but a hay field on the other side. The female elephant seal swam up the San Francisco Bay to the San Pablo Bay and from there up Tolley Creek. And it was around highway 37 in Sonoma County under which the creek passes that she decided to cross the road. The seal was dubbed Tolley by rescue workers at Bathsheba after the biblical bathing beauty by local Twitter users. We'll split the difference and call her Bathsheba de Tolley. The rescue efforts started on Monday, December 29th when the California Highway Patrol received reports of a seal blocking a lane of traffic on highway 37. The elephant seal's appearance and refusal to leave the road caused a sensation on social media. Elephant seals are relatively docile but stubborn. 900 pound animals pretty much do what they want. Maybe that's what people liked. She couldn't stay. No food, no shelter, and a highway nearby. So rescue workers from the Marine Mammal Center tried to shoo her down the creek towards open water using a kayak. But she was having none of it and bit the boat. It wasn't clear what she was up to or why she was there said Barbie Halaska of the Marine Mammal Center. Perhaps she was looking for a place to give birth. Maybe she was just confused. Late Tuesday, around 2.30 p.m., the seal swam under the highway using a viaduct to get to the other side of the road. There she flopped onto land where rescuers were finally able to corner her and poke her with a pole-mounted tranquilizer. At first it didn't seem to faze her. Then she collapsed. That's when rescuers were able to take blood and tissue samples which confirmed she was pregnant. Then they loaded her onto a truck and drove her to Point Reyes National Seashore to be released. So long Bathsheba Day-Tillay. Good luck with the other tide.