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An adult male elephant seal rests on a wet beach. He displays the enormous proboscis characteristic of male elephant seals as well as considerable scarring on his neck from fighting with other males for territory. Central California.
Image ID: 15439
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | An adult male elephant seal rests on a sandy beach. He shows the enormous proboscis characteristic of male elephant seals, as well as considerable scarring on his neck from fighting with other males for territory. Central California.
Image ID: 15440
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | An adult male elephant seal rests on a wet beach. He displays the enormous proboscis characteristic of male elephant seals as well as considerable scarring on his neck from fighting with other males for territory. Central California.
Image ID: 15442
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA |
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Bull elephant seal, adult male, bellowing. Its huge proboscis is characteristic of male elephant seals. Scarring from combat with other males. Central California.
Image ID: 15453
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | This bull elephant seal, an old adult male, shows extreme scarring on his chest and proboscis from many winters fighting other males for territory and rights to a harem of females.
Image ID: 20393
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | Southern elephant seal, juvenile. The southern elephant seal is the largest pinniped, and the largest member of order Carnivora, ever to have existed. It gets its name from the large proboscis (nose) it has when it has grown to adulthood.
Image ID: 24579
Species: Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina
Location: Hercules Bay, South Georgia Island |
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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.
Image ID: 15389
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | Bull elephant seal in surf, adult male, bellowing. Its huge proboscis is characteristic of male elephant seals. Scarring from combat with other males. Central California.
Image ID: 15406
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | 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.
Image ID: 15407
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA |
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An adult male elephant seal rests on a sandy beach. He shows the enormous proboscis characteristic of male elephant seals, as well as considerable scarring on his neck from fighting with other males for territory. Central California.
Image ID: 15414
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | This bull elephant seal, an old adult male, shows scarring on his chest and proboscis from many winters fighting other males for territory and rights to a harem of females. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California.
Image ID: 15426
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | Adult male elephant seal in the surf, displaying the huge proboscis that is characteristic of this species. Winter, Central California.
Image ID: 15434
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA |
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Adult male elephant seal in the surf, displaying the huge proboscis that is characteristic of this species. Winter, Central California.
Image ID: 15435
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | Bull elephant seal in surf, adult male, bellowing. Its huge proboscis is characteristic of male elephant seals. Scarring from combat with other males. Central California.
Image ID: 15436
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | Adult male elephant seal in the surf, displaying the huge proboscis that is characteristic of this species. Winter, Central California.
Image ID: 15437
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA |
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An adult male elephant seal rests on a wet beach. He displays the enormous proboscis characteristic of male elephant seals as well as considerable scarring on his neck from fighting with other males for territory. Central California.
Image ID: 15438
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | An adult male elephant seal rests on a wet beach. He displays the enormous proboscis characteristic of male elephant seals as well as considerable scarring on his neck from fighting with other males for territory. Central California.
Image ID: 15443
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | Adult male elephant seal lies on wet sand displaying the huge proboscis that is characteristic of this species. Winter, Central California.
Image ID: 15444
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA |
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Huge proboscis (nose) of an adult male elephant seal. Central California.
Image ID: 15452
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | Bull elephant seal, adult male, bellowing. Its huge proboscis is characteristic of male elephant seals. Scarring from combat with other males. Central California.
Image ID: 15455
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | Bull elephant seal, adult male, bellowing. Its huge proboscis is characteristic of male elephant seals. Scarring from combat with other males. Central California.
Image ID: 15456
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA |
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A bull elephant seal (adult male) surveys the beach. The huge proboscis is characteristic of the species. Scarring from combat with other males. Central California.
Image ID: 15457
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | A bull elephant seal (adult male) surveys the beach. The huge proboscis is characteristic of the species. Scarring from combat with other males. Central California.
Image ID: 15459
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | Bull elephant seal, adult male, bellowing. Its huge proboscis is characteristic of male elephant seals. Scarring from combat with other males. Central California.
Image ID: 15461
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA |
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A bull elephant seal (adult male) surveys the beach. The huge proboscis is characteristic of the species. Scarring from combat with other males. Central California.
Image ID: 15462
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | Bull elephant seal, adult male, bellowing. Its huge proboscis is characteristic of male elephant seals. Scarring from combat with other males. Central California.
Image ID: 15463
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | Bull elephant seal, adult male, bellowing. Its huge proboscis is characteristic of male elephant seals. Scarring from combat with other males. Central California.
Image ID: 15473
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA |
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A bull elephant seal (adult male) surveys the beach. The huge proboscis is characteristic of the species. Scarring from combat with other males. Central California.
Image ID: 15474
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | A bull elephant seal (adult male) surveys the beach. The huge proboscis is characteristic of the species. Scarring from combat with other males. Central California.
Image ID: 15475
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | This bull elephant seal, an old adult male, shows scarring on his chest and proboscis from many winters fighting other males for territory and rights to a harem of females. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California.
Image ID: 15491
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA |
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