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Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association :: E-Newsletter :: December 2005
Straight to the source >> Wildlife Spotlight: Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) In December, male and female adult northern elephant seals haul out their huge bodies to fight, give birth, and ... nose that inflates with air and makes a thundering noise used to intimidate other males. Female elephant seals are paltry and delicate in comparison, a third of the size of males at ...
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Northern Elephant Seals
Female elephant seals nurse for several weeks, ... after losing close to 500 pounds in nursing. By March, most of the male and female elephant seals have departed the rookeries, and the “weaners” are left on their own. Weaners ...
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Elephant Seal Photos, Mirounga angustirostris, Phillip Colla Natural History Photography
Breeding. Elephant seals are polygynous, meaning that males will attempt to have more than one female mate at a time. Sexually mature male elephant seals return to the colony ... the colony and form harems around the males. Elephant seals are highly sexually dimorphic, meaning the males and females differ in size considerably. Female elephant seals are much smaller than the males, ...
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The Marine Mammal Center
Males and females are very different in size and appearance. Female elephant seals ...
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Elephant Seals at Piedras Blancas, California, Phillip Colla Natural History Photography
Breeding. Elephant seals are polygynous, meaning that males will attempt to have more than one female mate at a time. Sexually mature male elephant seals return to the colony ... the colony and form harems around the males. Elephant seals are highly sexually dimorphic, meaning the males and females differ in size considerably. Female elephant seals are much smaller than the males, ...
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The Pelagic Shark Research Foundation - The Sharks of the Monterey Bay - Pelagic Sharks
Photo by PSRF Stellar sealions are almost three times the size of California sealions. These female Stellar's are very valuable because they are breeders for an endangered species. Hein/PSRF ... resporate between dives. Elephant seals and harbor seals are both Phocids who are capable of diving to great depths. The harbor seal can dive to over 1500 feet. The northern elephant seal can dive ...
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The Pelagic Shark Research Foundation - In the News
For marine mammal enthusiasts, Ano Nuevo Island is an extravagant spectacle, with huge seal beachmasters fighting for control of female harems. For mature great whites, it's dinner. "An elephant ... elephant seals, sea lions, and harbor seals at the Farallon Islands, a group of rocky islets west of San Francisco. The images, some of which should be R-rated for violence, show seals ...
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Seal Conservation Society: Library
[A year in the life of a female harp seal]. Bloomsbury Publishing, London 160pp ISBN:0-7475-0214-5 + [Bruemmer only] Northwood Press ... (ed) (1993) - "Antarctic seals: research methods and techniques". Cambridge University Press (Studies in Polar Research). 412pp ISBN:0-5214-4302-4 Le Boeuf BJ, Laws RM (eds) (1994) - "Elephant seals: population ecology, behavior ...
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Seal Conservation Society: 1997 News Digest
San Miguel Island rookery. Wildlife biologists predict that thousands of sea lions, harbour seals and northern elephant seals will also die off through lack of food. (28 November 1997) New seal ... of pelts. This suggests that sealers have been discarding the female seals but collecting the pelts and more lucrative genitalia from the male seals. There is currently little market for seal pelts. ( ...
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Southern Elephant Seal | It's Nature
The noises become louder and more constant during the mating season.  The elephant seal is huge ... , conversationalists are watching the numbers of the elephant seal closely.  Habitat  The elephant seals are generally found in the sub Antarctic regions ... Then they are left to fend for themselves, as the female will go and mate again to produce more pups.  ...
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