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. Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, USA
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 15436
Format: Digital 2:3
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 15436
Format: Digital 2:3
Keywords: angustirostris, animal, animalia, bellowing, california, caniformia, carnivora, carnivore, chordata, creature, elefante marino, elephant seal, elephant seal bellowing, 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, pinniped behavior, pinnipedia, posturing, proboscis, san simeon, scar, scar wound, scarring, sea cow, sea elephant, seal, threatened, usa, vertebrata, vertebrate, vocalization, wildlife
Categories:
- Animal > Endangered / Threatened Species > Marine > Northern Elephant Seal
- Animal > Pinniped > Northern Elephant Seal
- Animal > Pinniped > Pinniped Anatomy > Scar / Wound
- Animal > Pinniped > Pinniped Behavior > Elephant Seal Bellowing
- Location > Protected Threatened and Significant Places > National Marine Sanctuaries > Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary (California) > Piedras Blancas
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