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Male elephant seals (bulls) rear up on their foreflippers and fight in the surf for access for mating females that are in estrous. Such fighting among elephant seals can take place on the beach or in the water. They bite and tear at each other on the neck and shoulders, drawing blood and creating scars on the tough hides. Flipper Photo. Image ID: 20369 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA	Male elephant seals (bulls) rear up on their foreflippers and fight for territory and harems of females. Bull elephant seals will haul out and fight from December through March, nearly fasting the entire time as they maintain their territory and harem. They bite and tear at each other on the neck and shoulders, drawing blood and creating scars on the tough hides. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California. Flipper Picture. Image ID: 15394 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA	Male elephant seal rears up on its foreflippers and bellows to intimidate other males and to survey its beach territory. Winter, Central California. Stock Photography of Flipper. Image ID: 15521 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA

Male elephant seals (bulls) rear up on their foreflippers and fight in the surf for access for mating females that are in estrous. Such fighting among elephant seals can take place on the beach or in the water. They bite and tear at each other on the neck and shoulders, drawing blood and creating scars on the tough hides. Photograph of Flipper. Image ID: 20370 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA	Male elephant seals (bulls) rear up on their foreflippers and fight for territory and harems of females. Bull elephant seals will haul out and fight from December through March, nearly fasting the entire time as they maintain their territory and harem. They bite and tear at each other on the neck and shoulders, drawing blood and creating scars on the tough hides. Flipper Photos. Image ID: 20371 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA	Guadalupe fur seal foreflippers, thermoregulating, San Benito Islands. Flipper Image. Image ID: 02146 Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi Location: San Benito Islands (Islas San Benito), Baja California, Mexico

Galapagos sea lion, hind flipper detail. Professional stock photos of Flipper. Image ID: 02257 Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki Location: Sombrero Chino, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador	California sea lion, swimming with foreflippers. Pictures of Flipper. Image ID: 03227 Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus	Galapagos sea lion, hind flipper and nails. Flipper Photo. Image ID: 03234 Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki Location: Jervis Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Male elephant seal rears up on its foreflippers and bellows to intimidate other males and to survey its beach territory. Winter, Central California. Flipper Picture. Image ID: 15489 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA	Male elephant seals (bulls) rear up on their foreflippers and fight for territory and harems of females. Bull elephant seals will haul out and fight from December through March, nearly fasting the entire time as they maintain their territory and harem. They bite and tear at each other on the neck and shoulders, drawing blood and creating scars on the tough hides. Stock Photography of Flipper. Image ID: 20377 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA	Male elephant seals (bulls) rear up on their foreflippers and fight in the surf for access for mating females that are in estrous. Such fighting among elephant seals can take place on the beach or in the water. They bite and tear at each other on the neck and shoulders, drawing blood and creating scars on the tough hides. Photograph of Flipper. Image ID: 20407 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA

King penguin, wing detail. The king penguin uses its wings as flipper underwater, enabling it to swim fast. Flipper Photos. Image ID: 24619 Species: King penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Location: Fortuna Bay, South Georgia Island	Male elephant seal rears up on its foreflippers and bellows to intimidate other males and to survey its beach territory. Winter, Central California. Flipper Image. Image ID: 15425 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA	Male elephant seal rears up on its foreflippers and bellows to intimidate other males and to survey its beach territory. Winter, Central California. Professional stock photos of Flipper. Image ID: 15428 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA

Male elephant seals (bulls) rear up on their foreflippers and fight for territory and harems of females. Bull elephant seals will haul out and fight from December through March, nearly fasting the entire time as they maintain their territory and harem. They bite and tear at each other on the neck and shoulders, drawing blood and creating scars on the tough hides. Pictures of Flipper. Image ID: 20372 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA	Male elephant seals (bulls) rear up on their foreflippers and fight for territory and harems of females. Bull elephant seals will haul out and fight from December through March, nearly fasting the entire time as they maintain their territory and harem. They bite and tear at each other on the neck and shoulders, drawing blood and creating scars on the tough hides. Flipper Photo. Image ID: 20382 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA	Male elephant seal rears up on its foreflippers and bellows to intimidate other males and to survey its beach territory. Winter, Central California. Flipper Picture. Image ID: 20386 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA

Elephant seal pup scratches its face with its foreflipper. Note the five "fingernails" on the flipper. The pup will nurse for 27 days, when the mother stops lactating and returns to the sea. The pup will stay on the beach 12 more weeks until it becomes hungry and begins to forage for food. Stock Photography of Flipper. Image ID: 20404 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA	Male elephant seals (bulls) rear up on their foreflippers and fight for territory and harems of females. Bull elephant seals will haul out and fight from December through March, nearly fasting the entire time as they maintain their territory and harem. They bite and tear at each other on the neck and shoulders, drawing blood and creating scars on the tough hides. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California. Photograph of Flipper. Image ID: 15393 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA	Male elephant seal rears up on its foreflippers and bellows to intimidate other males and to survey its beach territory. Winter, Central California. Flipper Photos. Image ID: 15522 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA

Male elephant seals (bulls) rear up on their foreflippers and fight for territory and harems of females. Bull elephant seals will haul out and fight from December through March, nearly fasting the entire time as they maintain their territory and harem. They bite and tear at each other on the neck and shoulders, drawing blood and creating scars on the tough hides. Flipper Image. Image ID: 20375 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA	Male elephant seal rears up on its foreflippers and bellows to intimidate other males and to survey its beach territory. Winter, Central California. Professional stock photos of Flipper. Image ID: 20385 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA	Male elephant seals (bulls) rear up on their foreflippers and fight for territory and harems of females. Bull elephant seals will haul out and fight from December through March, nearly fasting the entire time as they maintain their territory and harem. They bite and tear at each other on the neck and shoulders, drawing blood and creating scars on the tough hides. Pictures of Flipper. Image ID: 20413 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA

Partially obscured by coastal morning fog, this male elephant seal rears up on its foreflippers and bellows to intimidate other males and to survey its beach territory. Winter, Central California. Flipper Photo. Image ID: 20418 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA	Southern elephant seal, hind flipper detail. Flipper Picture. Image ID: 25918 Species: Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina Location: Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica	Southern elephant seal, hind flipper detail. Stock Photography of Flipper. Image ID: 25928 Species: Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina Location: Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

A bull elephant seal rears up on his foreflippers, surverying his beach territory. He displays scarring on his chest and proboscis from fighting other males for territory and rights to a harem of females. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California. Photograph of Flipper. Image ID: 15389 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA	Male elephant seals (bulls) rear up on their foreflippers and fight for territory and harems of females. Bull elephant seals will haul out and fight from December through March, nearly fasting the entire time as they maintain their territory and harem. They bite and tear at each other on the neck and shoulders, drawing blood and creating scars on the tough hides. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California. Flipper Photos. Image ID: 15395 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA	Male elephant seals (bulls) rear up on their foreflippers and fight for territory and harems of females. Bull elephant seals will haul out and fight from December through March, nearly fasting the entire time as they maintain their territory and harem. They bite and tear at each other on the neck and shoulders, drawing blood and creating scars on the tough hides. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California. Flipper Image. Image ID: 15396 Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA