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Sea lion scratches its back on underwater stones.
Image ID: 31243
Species: California sea lion, Zalophus californianus
Location: Sea of Cortez, Baja California, Mexico | Elephant seal pup scratches its face with its foreflipper. Note the five "fingernails" on the flipper. 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.
Image ID: 20404
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California, USA | Lion cub scratching on tree, Olare Orok Conservancy, Kenya.
Image ID: 30100
Species: African Lion, Panthera leo
Location: Olare Orok Conservancy, Kenya |
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Lion cub scratching on tree, Olare Orok Conservancy, Kenya.
Image ID: 30106
Species: African Lion, Panthera leo
Location: Olare Orok Conservancy, Kenya | 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 | Black bear scratches an itch by rubbing against a log cabin.
Image ID: 18825
Species: American black bear, Ursus americanus
Location: Orr, Minnesota, USA |
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Black bear scratches an itch by rubbing against a log cabin.
Image ID: 18959
Species: American black bear, Ursus americanus
Location: Orr, Minnesota, USA |
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