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.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 15407
Lat/Long: 35.66540, -121.26864 (Coordinates: 35° 39' 55.44" N, 121° 16' 7.10" W)
Format: Digital 3:2
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 15407
Lat/Long: 35.66540, -121.26864 (Coordinates: 35° 39' 55.44" N, 121° 16' 7.10" W)
Format: Digital 3:2
Keywords: angustirostris, animal, animalia, california, caniformia, carnivora, carnivore, chordata, creature, elefante marino, elephant seal, endangered, endangered threatened species, male, mammal, mammalia, marine, marine mammal, mirounga, mirounga angustirostris, monterey bay national marine sanctuary, national marine sanctuaries, nature, northern elephant seal, nose, ocean, phocid, phocidae, piedras blancas, pinniped, pinniped anatomy, pinnipedia, proboscis, san simeon, scar, scar wound, scarring, sea cow, sea elephant, seal, threatened, usa, vertebrata, vertebrate, wildlife
Categories:
- Animal > Endangered / Threatened Species > Marine > Northern Elephant Seal
- Animal > Pinniped > Northern Elephant Seal
- Animal > Pinniped > Pinniped Anatomy > Scar / Wound
- Location > Protected Threatened and Significant Places > National Marine Sanctuaries > Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (California) > Piedras Blancas
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