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Blue whale, raising fluke prior to diving for food, Balaenoptera musculus, San Diego, California
Blue whale, raising fluke prior to diving for food.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 16199  
Blue whale, raising fluke prior to diving for food, Balaenoptera musculus, San Diego, California
Blue whale, raising fluke prior to diving for food.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 16200  
Blue whale, blowing (exhaling) between dives, Balaenoptera musculus, San Diego, California
Blue whale, blowing (exhaling) between dives.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 16203  
Blue whale, raising fluke prior to diving for food, fluking up, lifting tail as it swims in the open ocean foraging, Balaenoptera musculus, San Diego, California
Blue whale, raising fluke prior to diving for food, fluking up, lifting tail as it swims in the open ocean foraging.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 16204  
Blue whale, blowing (exhaling) between dives, Balaenoptera musculus, San Diego, California
Blue whale, blowing (exhaling) between dives.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 16205  
Blue whale, blowing (exhaling) between dives, Balaenoptera musculus, San Diego, California
Blue whale, blowing (exhaling) between dives.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 16206  
Blue whale, raising fluke prior to diving for food, Balaenoptera musculus, San Diego, California
Blue whale, raising fluke prior to diving for food.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 16207  
Blue whale, blowing (exhaling) between dives, Balaenoptera musculus, San Diego, California
Blue whale, blowing (exhaling) between dives.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 16208  
Blue whale, dorsal fin with remora hanging off, Balaenoptera musculus, San Diego, California
Blue whale, dorsal fin with remora hanging off.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 16209  
Blue whale, blowing (exhaling) between dives, Balaenoptera musculus, San Diego, California
Blue whale, blowing (exhaling) between dives.
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus
Location: San Diego, California
Image ID: 16210  
Brown bear sleeping, muzzle, Ursus arctos, Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska
Brown bear sleeping, muzzle.
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska
Image ID: 17261  
Mother brown bear sow sniffs the air, on alert for any approaching bear that may pose a threat to her three spring cubs asleep in the grass beside her, Ursus arctos, Lake Clark National Park, Alaska
Mother brown bear sow sniffs the air, on alert for any approaching bear that may pose a threat to her three spring cubs asleep in the grass beside her.
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Lake Clark National Park, Alaska
Image ID: 19311  
Bull elephant seal looks behind as it flees from a much larger bull, probably during a dispute over territory or access to females, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Bull elephant seal looks behind as it flees from a much larger bull, probably during a dispute over territory or access to females.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 20380  
A bull elephant seal forceably mates (copulates) with a much smaller female, often biting her into submission and using his weight to keep her from fleeing.  Males may up to 5000 lbs, triple the size of females.  Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon
A bull elephant seal forceably mates (copulates) with a much smaller female, often biting her into submission and using his weight to keep her from fleeing. Males may up to 5000 lbs, triple the size of females. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 20389  
A bull elephant seal forceably mates (copulates) with a much smaller female, often biting her into submission and using his weight to keep her from fleeing.  Males may up to 5000 lbs, triple the size of females.  Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon
A bull elephant seal forceably mates (copulates) with a much smaller female, often biting her into submission and using his weight to keep her from fleeing. Males may up to 5000 lbs, triple the size of females. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 20428  
Three sleeping sea otters float on their backs on the ocean surface.  Each has wrapped itself in kelp (seaweed) to keep from drifting, Enhydra lutris, Morro Bay, California
Three sleeping sea otters float on their backs on the ocean surface. Each has wrapped itself in kelp (seaweed) to keep from drifting.
Species: Sea otter, Enhydra lutris
Location: Morro Bay, California
Image ID: 20440  
Charles Lee Powell Structural Systems Laboratory building, the earthquake testing lab, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla
Charles Lee Powell Structural Systems Laboratory building, the earthquake testing lab, University of California, San Diego (UCSD).
Location: University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
Image ID: 20844  
Juvenile Northern elephant seal sleeping on beach, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Juvenile Northern elephant seal sleeping on beach.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 02523  
Humpback whale primary escort head lunging, showing bleeding tubercles caused by collisions with other whales, rostrum extended out of the water, exhaling at the surface, exhibiting surface active social behaviours, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui
Humpback whale primary escort head lunging, showing bleeding tubercles caused by collisions with other whales, rostrum extended out of the water, exhaling at the surface, exhibiting surface active social behaviours.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04080  
Humpback whale head lunging, showing bleeding tubercles caused by collisions with other whales, rostrum extended out of the water, exhaling at the surface, exhibiting surface active social behaviours, Megaptera novaeangliae, Molokai
Humpback whale head lunging, showing bleeding tubercles caused by collisions with other whales, rostrum extended out of the water, exhaling at the surface, exhibiting surface active social behaviours.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Molokai, Hawaii
Image ID: 04084  
Humpback whale head lunging, showing bleeding tubercles caused by collisions with other whales, rostrum extended out of the water, exhaling at the surface, exhibiting surface active social behaviours, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui
Humpback whale head lunging, showing bleeding tubercles caused by collisions with other whales, rostrum extended out of the water, exhaling at the surface, exhibiting surface active social behaviours.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04088  
Humpback whale head lunging, showing bleeding tubercles caused by collisions with other whales, rostrum extended out of the water, exhaling at the surface, exhibiting surface active social behaviours, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui
Humpback whale head lunging, showing bleeding tubercles caused by collisions with other whales, rostrum extended out of the water, exhaling at the surface, exhibiting surface active social behaviours.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04091  
Humpback whale head lunging, showing bleeding tubercles caused by collisions with other whales, rostrum extended out of the water, exhaling at the surface, exhibiting surface active social behaviours, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui
Humpback whale head lunging, showing bleeding tubercles caused by collisions with other whales, rostrum extended out of the water, exhaling at the surface, exhibiting surface active social behaviours.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04092  
Humpback whale, rostrum raised, dorsal aspect showing bloody tubercles from competitive activities, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui
Humpback whale, rostrum raised, dorsal aspect showing bloody tubercles from competitive activities.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 04388  
Southeast exposure, lee side of San Clemente Island, sunrise
Southeast exposure, lee side of San Clemente Island, sunrise.
Location: San Clemente Island, California
Image ID: 05516  
A bull elephant seal forceably mates (copulates) with a much smaller female, often biting her into submission and using his weight to keep her from fleeing.  Males may up to 5000 lbs, triple the size of females.  Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon
A bull elephant seal forceably mates (copulates) with a much smaller female, often biting her into submission and using his weight to keep her from fleeing. Males may up to 5000 lbs, triple the size of females. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 15451  
North Pacific humpback whale, calf, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui
North Pacific humpback whale, calf.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 01315  
Gray whale carcass at oceans edge, Eschrichtius robustus, Del Mar, California
Gray whale carcass at oceans edge.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Del Mar, California
Image ID: 06422  
Gray whale carcass at oceans edge, Eschrichtius robustus, Del Mar, California
Gray whale carcass at oceans edge.
Species: Gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus
Location: Del Mar, California
Image ID: 06423  
North Pacific humpback whale, cow/calf/escort, Megaptera novaeangliae, Maui
North Pacific humpback whale, cow/calf/escort.
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii
Image ID: 00142  
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