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Mother elephant seal and her pup. 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, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
An enormous male elephant seal dwarfs a tiny pup. The bull is not interested in the pup and will typically ignore the pup, but the bull will not hesitate to run the pup over as it moves through the crowd on the beach, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Mother elephant seal and her pup. 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, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Juvenile northern elephant seal, underwater, San Benito Islands, Mirounga angustirostris, San Benito Islands (Islas San Benito)
Northern elephant seal, underwater, San Benito Islands, Mirounga angustirostris, San Benito Islands (Islas San Benito)
Black-backed jackal pup, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Canis mesomelas, Olare Orok Conservancy
Black-backed jackal pups, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Canis mesomelas, Olare Orok Conservancy
Black-backed jackal pups, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Canis mesomelas, Olare Orok Conservancy
Mother elephant seal and her pup. 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, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Elephant seal mother and pup vocalize to one another constantly, likely to reassure the pup and confirm the maternal identity on a crowded beach. Central California, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon
An adult male elephant seal, rushing to attack another male intruding on his territory, tramples a tiny pup. Pups experience a high mortality rate, including injury, separation from mother, being washed into the ocean and abandonment, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Elephant seal pup. 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, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Elephant seal pup nurses. 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, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Seagulls feast on the placenta and birth tissues produced by an elephant seal birth just moments before. The pup is unharmed; the interaction is a common one between elephant seals and gulls. Winter, Central California, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon
Newborn elephant seal pup, still wearing part of its placental sac, makes its initial bond with its mother. Winter, Central California, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon
Having just given birth moments before, a mother elephant seal barks at seagulls that are feasting on the placenta and birth tissues. The pup is unharmed; the interaction is a common one between elephant seals and gulls. Winter, Central California, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon
Two pups nurse on an elephant seal mother. In spite of the fact that a female only has enough milk to successfully nurse a single pup to weaning, abandoned pups may try to nurse and the inexperienced mothers may not understand that both pups are doomed. Winter, Central California, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon
Elephant seal pup nurses. 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, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Newborn elephant seal pup, still wearing part of its placental sac, makes its initial bond with its mother. Winter, Central California, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon
An adult male elephant seal, rushing to attack another male intruding on his territory, tramples a tiny pup. Pups experience a high mortality rate, including injury, separation from mother, being washed into the ocean and abandonment, Mirounga angustirostris, Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Pacific harbor seal, mother and pup, Phoca vitulina richardsi, La Jolla, California
Pacific harbor seal, mother and pup, Phoca vitulina richardsi, La Jolla, California
Pacific harbor seal, pup nursing, Phoca vitulina richardsi, La Jolla, California
Pacific harbor seal, pup nursing, Phoca vitulina richardsi, La Jolla, California
Pacific harbor seal pup, Phoca vitulina richardsi, La Jolla, California
Pacific harbor seal pup, Phoca vitulina richardsi, La Jolla, California
Pacific harbor seal pup, Phoca vitulina richardsi, La Jolla, California
Pacific harbor seal pup, Phoca vitulina richardsi, La Jolla, California
Pacific harbor seal pup, Phoca vitulina richardsi, La Jolla, California
Pacific harbor seal pup, Phoca vitulina richardsi, La Jolla, California
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