Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) bull holding adult female in the surf to mate with her, South Georgia, Polar Regions

---

Size: 5400px × 3600px
Location: South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Photo credit: © Michael Nolan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: adult, atlanticunderwater, behaviornatural, behaviorpolar, breeding, bull, colonyanimal, cyclebehavioral, ecologywildlife, ecosystemsnatural, elephant, erosionreproduction, female, georgia, georgiabreedingwildlifemarineseal, groundthick, groupsouth, habitataquatic, habitatmating, holding, interactionoceannatureseal, leonina, leoninabullfemalematingsurfsouth, lifeecosystemsubantarcticmating, lifeseal, lifespeciesconservationseal, mammalcoastal, mate, migration, mirounga, observationanimal, polar, pup, regionanimal, regionoceanographyanimal, regions, reproductionmarine, ritualreproductive, seal, seasonmarine, skinnedbehaviorsummerwildlife, soundsseal, south, southern, surf, tourismsea, welfareantarctic, worldcoastal