https://www.cdedwards.com/ Northern Elephant Seals come ashore in the winter to give birth, nurse their young, and mate. The Beachmaster puts in serious time to defend his prime real estate...

Jan 23, 2021 · After the domestic month of January, primarily dedicated in the elephant seal world to the cows giving birth to and nursing their pups, February is a wild month for elephant seal bulls and the …

Most depart by late March or early April. Females come into estrus and begin mating about 24 days after giving birth. However, the fertilized egg does not implant in the wall of her uterus for about four …

ELEPHANT SEAL - MATING - ATTEMPT 3 The rest of southern elephant seals on the beaches of Peninsula Valdes, Argentina, filmed by Sergei Pescei. Images taken during the 2011 annual count of …

The mating system of southern elephant seals is strongly polygynous, and it is the purest form of harem based female defence polygyny. Females gather in groups while on land for parturition and suckling …

Yet another Elephant Seal Mating gives the viewer some of the flavor of the power of female elephant seals in accepting or rejecting male sexual advances. Narrated by an entire family of fascinated and …

Mating occurs about three weeks after females give birth. They will mate with the male who has defended their harem from attack by other males during the nursing period.

Footage of elephant seals in the wild in the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Footage includes general rookery behavior, male sparring, courting, mating, and nursing on San Miguel Island.

Jun 5, 2025 · Elephant seals (Mirounga spp.): types of large seal species that exhibit one of the most extreme reproductive synchronization systems. These marine giants gather on specific beaches …

Jan 23, 2021 · A large bull elephant seal lies directly adjacent to a smaller female elephant seal on a hard sand beach. The bull moves directly to the side of the cow, places his flipper over her back and …