Sparring Photos

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California sea lions playing underwater, socializing at North Coronado Island, Baja California, Mexico. Much of the play and mock sparring young sea lions perform involves biting and mouthing because what else can they use - they have no hands, duh, Zalophus californianus, Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado)
California sea lions playing underwater, socializing at North Coronado Island, Baja California, Mexico. Much of the play and mock sparring young sea lions perform involves biting and mouthing because what else can they use - they have no hands, duh.
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Coronado Islands (Islas Coronado), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 39762  
Brown bears fighting or sparring.  These are likely young but sexually mature males that are simply mock fighting for practice, Ursus arctos, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska
Brown bears fighting or sparring. These are likely young but sexually mature males that are simply mock fighting for practice.
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska
Image ID: 19148  
Juvenile double-crested cormorants sparring with beaks, Phalacrocorax auritus, La Jolla, California
Juvenile double-crested cormorants sparring with beaks.
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 19932  
Brown bears fighting or sparring.  These are likely young but sexually mature males that are simply mock fighting for practice, Ursus arctos, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska
Brown bears fighting or sparring. These are likely young but sexually mature males that are simply mock fighting for practice.
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska
Image ID: 19177  
Brown bears fighting or sparring.  These are likely young but sexually mature males that are simply mock fighting for practice, Ursus arctos, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska
Brown bears fighting or sparring. These are likely young but sexually mature males that are simply mock fighting for practice.
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska
Image ID: 19250  
Brown pelicans sparring with beaks, winter plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, La Jolla, California
Brown pelicans sparring with beaks, winter plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 20146  
Brown pelicans sparring with beaks, winter plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, La Jolla, California
Brown pelicans sparring with beaks, winter plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 20195  
Steller sea lions underwater, juveniles mock sparring, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada, Eumetopias jubatus
Steller sea lions underwater, juveniles mock sparring, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia
Image ID: 36099  
Steller sea lions underwater, juveniles mock sparring, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada, Eumetopias jubatus
Steller sea lions underwater, juveniles mock sparring, Norris Rocks, Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Species: Steller sea lion, Eumetopias jubatus
Location: Hornby Island, British Columbia
Image ID: 36100  
Elephants sparring with tusks, Loxodonta africana, Amboseli National Park
Elephants sparring with tusks.
Species: African elephant, Loxodonta africana
Location: Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Image ID: 29492  
Brown pelicans sparring with beaks, winter plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus, La Jolla, California
Brown pelicans sparring with beaks, winter plumage, showing bright red gular pouch and dark brown hindneck plumage of breeding adults.
Species: Brown Pelican, Pelecanus occidentalis, Pelecanus occidentalis californicus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 20190  
Elephants sparring with tusks, Loxodonta africana, Amboseli National Park
Elephants sparring with tusks.
Species: African elephant, Loxodonta africana
Location: Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Image ID: 29490  
Elephants sparring with tusks, Loxodonta africana, Amboseli National Park
Elephants sparring with tusks.
Species: African elephant, Loxodonta africana
Location: Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Image ID: 29491  
Elephants sparring with tusks, Loxodonta africana, Amboseli National Park
Elephants sparring with tusks.
Species: African elephant, Loxodonta africana
Location: Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Image ID: 29545  
Elephants sparring with tusks, Loxodonta africana, Amboseli National Park
Elephants sparring with tusks.
Species: African elephant, Loxodonta africana
Location: Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Image ID: 29547  
Southern elephant seal, juveniles mock sparring, Mirounga leonina, Livingston Island
Southern elephant seal, juveniles mock sparring.
Species: Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina
Location: Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25923  
Southern elephant seal, juveniles mock sparring, Mirounga leonina, Livingston Island
Southern elephant seal, juveniles mock sparring.
Species: Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina
Location: Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25913  
Southern elephant seal, juveniles mock sparring, Mirounga leonina, Livingston Island
Southern elephant seal, juveniles mock sparring.
Species: Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina
Location: Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25917  
Southern elephant seal, juveniles mock sparring, Mirounga leonina, Livingston Island
Southern elephant seal, juveniles mock sparring.
Species: Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina
Location: Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25921  
Southern elephant seal, juveniles mock sparring, Mirounga leonina, Livingston Island
Southern elephant seal, juveniles mock sparring.
Species: Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina
Location: Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25939  
Southern elephant seal, juveniles mock sparring, Mirounga leonina, Livingston Island
Southern elephant seal, juveniles mock sparring.
Species: Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina
Location: Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25940  
Southern elephant seal, juveniles mock sparring, Mirounga leonina, Livingston Island
Southern elephant seal, juveniles mock sparring.
Species: Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina
Location: Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25941  
Southern elephant seal, juveniles mock sparring, Mirounga leonina, Livingston Island
Southern elephant seal, juveniles mock sparring.
Species: Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina
Location: Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25942  
Southern elephant seal, juveniles mock sparring, Mirounga leonina, Livingston Island
Southern elephant seal, juveniles mock sparring.
Species: Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina
Location: Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25945  
Southern elephant seal, juveniles mock sparring, Mirounga leonina, Livingston Island
Southern elephant seal, juveniles mock sparring.
Species: Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina
Location: Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25946  
Southern elephant seal, juveniles mock sparring, Mirounga leonina, Livingston Island
Southern elephant seal, juveniles mock sparring.
Species: Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina
Location: Livingston Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica
Image ID: 25947  
Bison lock horns in a sparring session, Bison bison, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Bison lock horns in a sparring session.
Species: American bison, Bison bison
Location: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13122  
Bison lock horns in a sparring session, Bison bison, Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Bison lock horns in a sparring session.
Species: American bison, Bison bison
Location: Lamar Valley, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Image ID: 13144  
Northern elephant seals, subadult males, mock sparring during mating season. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon
Northern elephant seals, subadult males, mock sparring during mating season. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 18720  
Juvenile double-crested cormorants sparring with beaks, Phalacrocorax auritus, La Jolla, California
Juvenile double-crested cormorants sparring with beaks.
Species: Double-crested cormorant, Phalacrocorax auritus
Location: La Jolla, California
Image ID: 19980  
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