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.
Species: Elephant Seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 15423
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: 15423
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, injury, juvenile pup, mammal, mammalia, marine, marine mammal, mirounga, mirounga angustirostris, monterey bay national marine sanctuary, national marine sanctuaries, nature, northern elephant seal, ocean, phocid, phocidae, piedras blancas, pinniped, pinnipedia, san simeon, sea cow, sea elephant, seal, threatened, usa, vertebrata, vertebrate, wildlife
Categories:
- Animal > Endangered / Threatened Species > Marine > Northern Elephant Seal
- Animal > Pinniped > Juvenile / Pup
- Animal > Pinniped > Northern Elephant Seal
- Location > Protected Threatened and Significant Places > National Marine Sanctuaries > Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (California) > Piedras Blancas
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