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Watch two 4-ton elephant seals slam into each other over 150 females

Southern elephant seal males can reach several tons, and breeding season turns their beaches into violent arenas where dominant males defend harems that can contain 150 females or more. Challengers ...
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Neil the seal is back bigger than ever and that's a problem for his wellbeing

A five-year-old elephant seal known as Neil has returned to land in Tasmania as part of his normal behavioural cycle. A video posted online shows the seal being coerced off a road by Tasmanian ...
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See two huge bull elephant seals engage in a bruising fight for dominance

Scientists have shared what it looks like when two huge elephant seals battle it out to see who will become top dog for the mating season. In the footage, two enormous seals writhe around in the surf, ...
Palo Alto Weekly

Año Nuevo’s iconic elephant seal viewing areas are reopening after a bird flu outbreak. Scientists have been hard at work the entire time

A male elephant sale moves along the beach at Año Nuevo Coast Natural Preserve. Photo by Charles Russo. When biologist Patrick Robinson first spotted a dead elephant seal at Año Nuevo Coast Natural ...