Elephant Seal colony on the beach during Pupping Season at San Simeon Beach in California, USA

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Elephant seals are large, oceangoing earless seals in the genus Mirounga. The two species, the northern elephant seal and the southern elephant seal, were both hunted to the brink of extinction by the end of the 19th century, but their numbers have since recovered.

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Size: 5626px × 3646px
Location: San Simeon, California, USA
Photo credit: © Keith Larby / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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