OuiSi Nature · Card 186
Southern Elephant Seal
Mirounga leonina
- Location
- Punta Ninfas, Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina
- Date
- September 23, 2012
Photograph byInaê GuionDescription
This true seal is the largest of the pinniped and carnivoran in the world. Adult males are six times larger than the polar bear and have a trunk-like nose, absent in females, which are much smaller than the males. In Punta Ninfas, Patagonia, the breeding season occurs from September to December, and the moulting season from January to April.
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The photographer
Inaê Guion
Biologist, Researcher, Visual Storyteller
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