Seagulls feast on the placenta and birth tissues produced by an elephant seal birth just moments before. The pup is unharmed; the interaction is a common one between elephant seals and gulls. Winter, Central California.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 15478
Lat/Long: 35.66509, -121.26902 (Coordinates: 35° 39' 54.32" N, 121° 16' 8.47" W)
Format: Digital 3:2
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 15478
Lat/Long: 35.66509, -121.26902 (Coordinates: 35° 39' 54.32" N, 121° 16' 8.47" W)
Format: Digital 3:2
Keywords: angustirostris, animal, animalia, bird, california, caniformia, carnivora, carnivore, chordata, creature, elefante marino, elephant seal, endangered, endangered threatened species, gull, 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 > Bird > Gull (Laridae)
- 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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