elephant seals and sea lions 2024 (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

elephant seals and sea lions 2024

Caption

On occasion, elephant seals breed among sea lions. Here, an adult male elephant seal and a female with her black-coated pup in the background, are surrounded by sea lions in October 2024. Dynamics of contact and beach sharing between these species was disrupted in 2023 during the massive HPAI outbreak in Península Valdés, Argentina.

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Ralph Vanstreels, UC Davis

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