Search results for Sea Elephant

Bull elephant seal, adult male, bellowing. Its huge proboscis is characteristic of male elephant seals. Scarring from combat with other males.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 35143  

Northern elephant seals, Piedras Blancas.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 35145  

Northern elephant seals, Piedras Blancas.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 35146  

Northern elephant seals, Piedras Blancas.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 35148  

Northern elephant seals, Piedras Blancas.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 35151  

Northern elephant seals, Piedras Blancas.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 35153  

Northern elephant seals, Piedras Blancas.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 35154  

Northern elephant seals, Piedras Blancas.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 35155  

Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California.
Species: Cardon cactus, Elephant cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33574  

Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California.
Species: Cardon cactus, Elephant cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33577  

Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California.
Species: Cardon cactus, Elephant cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33578  

Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California.
Species: Cardon cactus, Elephant cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33581  

Cardon Cactus on Isla San Diego, Aerial View, Baja California.
Species: Cardon cactus, Elephant cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Location: Isla San Diego, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33582  

Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California.
Species: Cardon cactus, Elephant cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Location: Isla San Jose, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33622  

Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California.
Species: Cardon cactus, Elephant cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Location: Isla San Jose, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33625  

Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California.
Species: Cardon cactus, Elephant cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Location: Isla San Jose, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33626  

Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California.
Species: Cardon cactus, Elephant cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Location: Isla San Jose, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33689  
Panorama dimensions: 4278 x 8146

Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California.
Species: Cardon cactus, Elephant cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Location: Isla San Jose, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33690  

Cardon Cactus on Isla San Jose, Aerial View, Baja California.
Species: Cardon cactus, Elephant cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Location: Isla San Jose, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33691  

Rugged coastline on Isla Espiritu Santo, aerial view, Cardon Cactus, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Cardon cactus, Elephant cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Location: Isla Espiritu Santo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33819  

Rugged coastline on Isla Espiritu Santo, aerial view, Cardon Cactus, Sea of Cortez.
Species: Cardon cactus, Elephant cactus, Pachycereus pringlei
Location: Isla Espiritu Santo, Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 33820  

Male elephant seals (bulls) rear up on their foreflippers and fight for territory and harems of females. Bull elephant seals will haul out and fight from December through March, nearly fasting the entire time as they maintain their territory and harem. They bite and tear at each other on the neck and shoulders, drawing blood and creating scars on the tough hides.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 20377  

Male elephant seals (bulls) rear up on their foreflippers and fight in the surf for access for mating females that are in estrous. Such fighting among elephant seals can take place on the beach or in the water. They bite and tear at each other on the neck and shoulders, drawing blood and creating scars on the tough hides.
Species: Elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 20407  

Elephant seals crowd a sand beach at the Piedras Blancas rookery near San Simeon. The Piedras Blancas lighthouse is visible in upper left.
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 20355  

Elephant seals crowd a sand beach at the Piedras Blancas rookery near San Simeon.
Location: Piedras Blancas, San Simeon, California
Image ID: 20358  

Northern elephant seal, Isla Guadalupe, Mirounga angustirostris, Mexico (E. Pacific).
Location: Guadalupe Island (Isla Guadalupe), Baja California, Mexico
Image ID: 03523  

Southern elephant seal, juvenile. The southern elephant seal is the largest pinniped, and the largest member of order Carnivora, ever to have existed. It gets its name from the large proboscis (nose) it has when it has grown to adulthood.
Species: Southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina
Location: Shingle Cove, Coronation Island, South Orkney Islands, Southern Ocean
Image ID: 25029  

Northern elephant seal.
Species: Northern elephant seal, Mirounga angustirostris
Image ID: 26696