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Bull elephant seal exits the water to retake his position on the beach. He shows considerable 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: 15458
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.
Image ID: 35149
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.
Image ID: 35147
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.
Image ID: 35152
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: 15387
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. Sandy beach rookery, winter, Central California.
Image ID: 15388
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.
Image ID: 35143
Species: Elephant Seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | Galapagos sea lion with shark bite.
Image ID: 01713
Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki
Location: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | North Pacific humpback whale, adult male with bloody head nodules wounded from colliding with other escorts during competitive interactions.
Image ID: 02152
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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Scarring of this humpback whale's fluke allow researchers to identify this particular whale from season to season.
Image ID: 27039
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Santa Rosa Island, California, USA | Bull elephant seal exits the water to retake his position on the beach. He shows considerable 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: 20394
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | North Pacific humpback whale showing extensive scarring, almost certainly from a boat propeller, on dorsal ridge.
Image ID: 05909
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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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 | 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 | 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 |
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A bull elephant seal rears up on his foreflippers and bellows, warning nearby males not to enter his beach territory. This old 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: 15532
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | Brown bear bearing scars and wounds about its head from past fighting with other bears to establish territory and fishing rights. Brooks River.
Image ID: 17128
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA | Brown bear bearing scars and wounds about its head from past fighting with other bears to establish territory and fishing rights. Brooks River.
Image ID: 17129
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA |
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Brown bear bearing scars and wounds about its head from past fighting with other bears to establish territory and fishing rights. Brooks River.
Image ID: 17130
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA | Brown bear scratching its wounds on a branch. It bears scars and wounds about its head from past fighting with other bears to establish territory and fishing rights. Brooks River.
Image ID: 17131
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA | Brown bear bearing scars and wounds about its head from past fighting with other bears to establish territory and fishing rights. Brooks River.
Image ID: 17335
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA |
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Brown bear bearing scars and wounds about its head from past fighting with other bears to establish territory and fishing rights. Brooks River.
Image ID: 17336
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA | Brown bear bearing scars and wounds about its head from past fighting with other bears to establish territory and fishing rights. Brooks River.
Image ID: 17343
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, 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: 20401
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA |
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Brown bear bearing scars and wounds about its head from past fighting with other bears to establish territory and fishing rights. Brooks River.
Image ID: 17334
Species: Brown bear, Ursus arctos
Location: Brooks River, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA | Humpback whale dorsal fin detail, showing small wounds from recent competitive interactions with other whales.
Image ID: 00337
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA | Galapagos sea lion with shark bite, South Plaza Island.
Image ID: 01682
Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki
Location: South Plaza Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador |
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Galapagos sea lion with shark bite.
Image ID: 01711
Species: Galapagos sea lion, Zalophus californianus wollebacki, Zalophus californianus wollebaeki
Location: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador | Northern elephant, adult male, wounds from territorial fighting.
Image ID: 02522
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | North Pacific humpback whale, escort, rostrum showing wounded tubercles.
Image ID: 05869
Species: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Location: Maui, Hawaii, USA |
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