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Magnificent frigatebird, adult male on nest, with throat pouch inflated, a courtship display to attract females.
Image ID: 16725
Species: Magnificent frigatebird, Fregata magnificens
Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 33355
Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Adult male humpback whale singing, suspended motionless underwater. Only male humpbacks have been observed singing. All humpbacks in the North Pacific sing the same whale song each year, and the song changes slightly from one year to the next.
Image ID: 02796
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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Western gulls, courtship behaviour.
Image ID: 18397
Species: Western gull, Larus occidentalis
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 33357
Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 33359
Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 33360
Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 33361
Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 33362
Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA |
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Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 33364
Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Giant black sea bass, gathering in a mating - courtship aggregation amid kelp forest, Catalina Island.
Image ID: 33379
Species: Giant Black Sea Bass, Stereolepis gigas
Location: Catalina Island, California, USA | Adult male humpback whale singing, suspended motionless underwater. Only male humpbacks have been observed singing. All humpbacks in the North Pacific sing the same whale song each year, and the song changes slightly from one year to the next.
Image ID: 02794
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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Courtship group of six Southern right whales, Eubalaena australis, Argentina.
Image ID: 35915
Species: Southern Right Whale, Eubalaena australis
Location: Puerto Piramides, Chubut, Argentina | Adult male humpback whale singing, suspended motionless underwater. Only male humpbacks have been observed singing. All humpbacks in the North Pacific sing the same whale song each year, and the song changes slightly from one year to the next.
Image ID: 02802
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | 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.
Image ID: 20388
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA |
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Adult male humpback whale singing, suspended motionless underwater. Only male humpbacks have been observed singing. All humpbacks in the North Pacific sing the same whale song each year, and the song changes slightly from one year to the next.
Image ID: 02813
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Clark's Grebes Rushing on Lake Hodges, San Diego.
Image ID: 36784
Location: Lake Hodges, San Diego, California, USA | Clark's Grebes Rushing on Lake Hodges, San Diego.
Image ID: 36785
Location: Lake Hodges, San Diego, California, USA |
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Clark's Grebes Rushing on Lake Hodges, San Diego.
Image ID: 36829
Location: Lake Hodges, San Diego, California, USA | Clark's Grebes Rushing on Lake Hodges, San Diego.
Image ID: 36830
Location: Lake Hodges, San Diego, California, USA | 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.
Image ID: 15408
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA |
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Western gull, courtship display.
Image ID: 15565
Species: Western gull, Larus occidentalis
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Western gulls, courtship behaviour.
Image ID: 18396
Species: Western gull, Larus occidentalis
Location: La Jolla, California, USA | Western gulls, courtship behaviour.
Image ID: 18398
Species: Western gull, Larus occidentalis
Location: La Jolla, California, USA |
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Four blue whales (including calf) socializing, Baja California (Mexico).
Image ID: 03356
Species: Blue whale, Balaenoptera musculus | Blue-footed booby, courtship display.
Image ID: 01791
Species: Blue-footed booby, Sula nebouxii
Location: North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | California grunion.
Image ID: 09301
Species: California grunion, Leuresthes tenuis
Location: Carlsbad, California, USA |
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California grunion.
Image ID: 09302
Species: California grunion, Leuresthes tenuis
Location: Carlsbad, California, USA | California grunion.
Image ID: 09306
Species: California grunion, Leuresthes tenuis
Location: Carlsbad, California, USA | A group of juvenile and female Guadalupe fur seals rest and socialize over a shallow, kelp-covered reef. During the summer mating season, a single adjult male will form a harem of females and continually patrol the underwater boundary of his territory, keeping the females near and intimidating other males from approaching.
Image ID: 09675
Species: Guadalupe fur seal, Arctocephalus townsendi
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico |
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