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A male Southern Elephant Seal puts on a display to attract females. Their small trunk-like protrusions are the reason for their name.
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Two male Southern Elephant Seals rear up, booming and roaring, ready to fight over females or territory. These seals are the largest in the world with males weighing up to 4 tons.
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A male Southern Elephant Seal keeps a wary eye on its females ready to see off any approaching males.
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Gold Harbour is a magnificent amphitheatre of glaciers and snow- covered peaks with huge numbers of Southern Elephant Seals and King Penguins on its dark gravel beach.
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Gold Harbour is a magnificent amphitheatre of glaciers and snow- covered peaks and an important breeding ground for Southern Elephant Seals and King Penguins.
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Gold Harbour is a magnificent amphitheatre of glaciers and mountains with around 25,000 breeding pairs of King Penguins. The unfledged chicks have brown down which will change to adult plumage within a year of being born.
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A male and female Southern Elephant Seal at Gold Harbour. Males are twice the length of females and up to four times heavier which represents the greatest difference of all mammals between the sexes.
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A male southern elephant seal at Grytviken. Grytviken was South Georgia s longest running whaling station, operating from 1904 until it closed in 1965. It is now the headquarters of the South Georgia administration.
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Falkland Islands, Sea Lion Island. Male and female elephant seal hauled out on beach.
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A Southern Elephant Seal pup at Gold Harbour. Pups are born in the summer and will be weaned at about three weeks. By then, they will have gained three times their birth weight thanks to their mothers milk which contains 50% fat.
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A powerful flipper of a Southern Elephant Seal. These seals are the largest in the world with males weighing up to 4 tons.
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Southern Elephant Seals Punta Delgada, Peninsula Valdez, Chubut Province, Argentina, Patagonia
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Southern elephant seal bulls (Mirounga leonina) charging on the beach in Gold Harbor, South Georgia, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina), Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Antarctic, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Antarctic, Polar Regions
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Antartica, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, Southern Ocean. Elephant Seal pups resting on the beach at the water's edge.
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Falkland Islands, Sea Lion Island. Tussac bird approaching a male elephant seal hauled out on the beach.
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Falkland Islands, Sea Lion Island. Male elephant seal scratching its head.
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Falkland Islands, Sea Lion Island. Portrait of elephant seal pup lying on beach.
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South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia, Cumberland Bay, Grytviken. Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina)
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia, Cumberland Bay, Grytviken. Southern Elephant Seal
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia, Cumberland Bay, Grytviken. Southern Elephant Seal
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South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia, Cumberland Bay, Grytviken. Southern Elephant Seal
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A southern elephant seal pup at Grytviken. Grytviken was South Georgia s longest running whaling station, operating from 1904 until it closed in 1965. It is now the headquarters of the South Georgia administration.
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A male and female Southern elephant seal at Salisbury Plain. The males are generally twice as long as females and may be four times heavier. They have what appears to be a trunk protruding from the front of their faces.
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A magnificent wildlife spectacle at Salisbury Plain. The vast plain is home to South Georgia s second largest King Penguin rookery.
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A male southern elephant seal sleeping on the beach at Right Whale Bay near the northeast tip of South Georgia. They are the largest seals in the world; males can weigh up to four tons.
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Antarctica,Antarctic Peninsula. Display behavoiur from a Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) - tail slapping is used to communicate over short distances possibly to identify krill concentrations.
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Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina), annual catastrophic molt, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina), annual catastrophic molt, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) mating, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seal pups (Mirounga leonina) after weaning in Grytviken Harbor, South Georgia, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seal pups (Mirounga leonina), Gold Harbor, South Georgia, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seal pups (Mirounga leonina) after being weaned in Grytviken Harbor, South Georgia, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), visitors watch males challenging each other at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, UK Overseas Protectorate, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bulls fighting for territory for mating, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, UK Overseas Protectorate, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), beachmaster bull with female harem, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, UK Overseas Protectorate, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull holding female down for mating, Right Whale Bay, South Georgia, UK Overseas Protectorate, Polar Regions
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Southern Elephant Seal Pups, Mirounga leonina, South Georgia Island, Falkland islands
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Southern elephant seal bull, Mirounga leonina, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean
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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull mating with female, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull mating with female, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pups, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pups, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pups, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pups at sunrise, Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bulls fighting at Gold Harbour, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, Polar Regions
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Young male Southern Elephant Seal or Sea Elephant (Mirounga leonina) lying in the sand, Gold Harbor, South Georgia, Polar Regions
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A Weddell Seal on floating ice in the Weddell Sea off Paulet Island in the Antarctic Peninsula. This seal is the southernmost pinniped in the world and is not endangered.
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The old whaling station at Stromness. Here, Ernest Shakleton ended his epic crossing of South Georgia in 1916. The station began operating in 1913. It was converted to a ship repair yard in 1931 until it closed in 1961.
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The old whaling station at Stromness. Here, Ernest Shakleton ended his epic crossing of South Georgia in 1916. The station began operating in 1913. It was converted to a ship repair yard in 1931 until it closed in 1961.
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Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) pups on ice at the beach in Fortuna Bay, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, Polar Regions
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Adult leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) on ice in Cierva Cove, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions
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A Crabeater Seal in the ice floe in the southern ocean, 180 miles north of East Antarctica, Antarctica
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King penguin with Elephant Seal weaner, Macquarie Island, Southern Ocean
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King and Royal Penguins and an Elephant Seal, Macquarie Island, Southern Ocean
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Elephant Seals, north east side of Macquarie Island, Southern Ocean
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Elephant Seals fight on the beach, north east side of Macquarie Island, Southern Ocean
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Elephant seals on the beach, north east side of Macquarie Island, Southern Ocean
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Leopard Seal on the ice floe, in the southern ocean, 180 miles north of East Antarctica, Antarctica
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Leopard Seal on the ice floe, in the southern ocean, 180 miles north of East Antarctica, Antarctica
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Crabeater Seal in the ice floe in the southern ocean, 180 miles north of East Antarctica, Antarctica
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Crabeater seals (Lobodon carcinophaga) in Lemaire channel, Antarctica
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Crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga) on the ice, Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctica
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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) adult female calling, Prion Island, South Georgia, UK Overseas Protectorate, Polar Regions
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An Elephant Seal pup (weaner) on the beach, north east side of Macquarie Island, Southern Ocean
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Young elephant seals and king penguins, St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia, South Atlantic
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Female crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), Cuverville Island, near the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions
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Adult crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), Cuverville Island, near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions
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Adult crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), Cuverville Island, near the Antarctic Peninsula, Southern Ocean, Polar Regions
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Elephant Seals fight on the beach, north east side of Macquarie Island, Southern Ocean
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Elephant seal pup with King Penguins, north east side of Macquarie Island, Southern Ocean
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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) pup, Grytviken Whaling Station, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull, Peggotty Bluff, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, Polar Regions
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Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull with skua, Peggotty Bluff, South Georgia, South Atlantic Ocean, Polar Regions
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