Elephant Seal Fights are Brutally Violent Affairs

❤Happy Valentine’s Day! ❤ We hope you spend it with a special someone, or 50 special someones if you’re a male elephant seal! Hey, we don’t judge. Older males will fight with one another to protect and mate with a group of females, or harem. One alpha male may mate with 30-50 females in a breeding season! Those who lose the fights may seek a “bachelor beach” where they are away from the action. Better luck next year, bud! NPS Video. NMFS Permit Number 21425. Video description: Two large, bloody

It’s a log, it’s a rock, it’s an elephant seal! Northern elephant seals can be found on the Pacific coast from Baja California, Mexico, to the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands. Elephant seals are named for the large noses sported by adult males that resemble an elephant's trunk. Males begin developing this enlarged nose, or proboscis, at sexual maturity, which is at about three to five years old and it is fully developed once the seal reaches around 7 to 9 years old. Northern elephant seals a

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