Young adult male northern elephant seal, mock jousting/fighting.
Species: Elephant Seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 10067
Lat/Long: 35.66189, -121.25546 (Coordinates: 35° 39' 42.80" N, 121° 15' 19.66" W)
Format: Film 3:2
Species: Elephant Seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 10067
Lat/Long: 35.66189, -121.25546 (Coordinates: 35° 39' 42.80" N, 121° 15' 19.66" W)
Format: Film 3:2
Keywords: angustirostris, animal, animalia, big sur, california, caniformia, carnivora, carnivore, chordata, elefante marino, elephant seal, endangered, endangered threatened species, fighting elephant seals, mammal, mammalia, marine, marine mammal, mirounga, mirounga angustirostris, monterey bay national marine sanctuary, national marine sanctuaries, northern elephant seal, phocid, phocidae, piedras blancas, pinniped, pinniped behavior, pinnipedia, san simeon, sea cow, sea elephant, seal, territorial dispute, usa, vertebrata, vertebrate
Categories:
- Animal > Endangered / Threatened Species > Marine > Northern Elephant Seal
- Animal > Pinniped > Northern Elephant Seal > Fighting Elephant Seals
- Animal > Pinniped > Pinniped Behavior > Territorial Dispute
- Location > Protected Threatened and Significant Places > National Marine Sanctuaries > Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (California) > Piedras Blancas
- Location > USA > California > Big Sur
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