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, animal, animals, atlanticseal, behaviorseal, biologynatural, bull, bullsea, climateadult, colonymating, conservationsouth, displayprehistoricunique, ecosystemmating, ecosystemsurf, elephant, environmentanimal, female, femalematingsurfsouth, georgia, georgiapolar, habitat, habitatapex, holding, interactionspeciesecologyocean, leonina, leoninabulladult, lifeantarcticamarine, mammalsmating, mammalsnaturewildlife, mammalwildlifeoceanreproductionnatural, mate, matingmammal, mirounga, observationfur, polar, populationlarge, predatorcoastal, regions, regionsmarine, ritualscoastal, seal, sealanimal, sealsmarine, sealswild, seasonbeachmarine, south, southern, speciescold, surf, watchingbiodiversitywild, waveswildlife, zoneaquatic