Detailed Rib Section of a Grey Seal Skeleton washed up on Greencliff Beach in North Devon.

---

North Atlantic Grey Seals (Halichoerus grypus atlantica) can often be seen around the North Devon coast and estuaries. The Atlantic surf can be a dangerous environment. Many of the young animals do not make it through their first winter. This skeleton was washed up during heavy seas at Greencliff.

---

Size: 5184px × 3456px
Location: Greencliff Beach. Near Bideford, Devon, England
Photo credit: © John Insull / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

Keywords: anatomy, atlantic, atlantica, beach, body, bones, boulders, carcass, cartilage, cavity, climate, coastline, colour, corpse, dead, death, decomposition, detail, devon, england, environment, frame, global, greencliff, grey, grypus, halichoerus, horsehead, kingdom, nature, north, ocean, pebbles, pollution, remains, rib, ribcage, seal, seasons, shadow, shoreline, skeleton, south, spine, sternum, structure, study, tide, united, vertebrae, warming, washed, west, westcountry, young