Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) Grytviken Harbour, South Georgia

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) Grytviken Harbour, South Georgia

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) and King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonica) on beach St Andrews Bay, South Georgia

Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) and King Penguins (Aptenodytes patagonica) on beach St Andrews Bay, South Georgia

Female Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) resting on beach, South Georgia

Young Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) hauled out at the abandoned whaling station at Grytviken on the island of South Georgia, southern Atlantic Ocean.

Adult bull Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) hauled out and in a wallow while moulting at the abandoned whaling station at Grytviken on the island of South Georgia, southern Atlantic Ocean.

Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) relaxing on beach South Shetlands

Adult bull Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) hauled out and yawning in a wallow while moulting on the beach at Fortuna Bay on South Georgia Island, southern Atlantic Ocean.

Adult bull Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) hauled out and in a wallow while moulting on the beach at Fortuna Bay on South Georgia Island, southern Atlantic Ocean.

Pair of male Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) fighting in sea South Shetlands

Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) Adult Bull on the beach at Golfo Nuevo, Patagonia, Argentina.

Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) mother/bull/pup Peninsula Valdes, Patagonia, Argentina. South Atlantic Ocean.

Newborn southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) on the beach at President Head on Snow Island in the South Shetland Island Group, Antarctica. Newborns exhibit a dark brown "lanugo" coat for about three weeks, which is then replaced by a silver-grey coat

Newborn southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) eye detail on the beach at President Head on Snow Island in the South Shetland Island Group, Antarctica. Newborns exhibit a dark brown "lanugo" coat for about three weeks, which is then replaced by a silve

Mother and pup (nursing) southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) on the beach at President Head on Snow Island in the South Shetland Island Group, Antarctica. This species is the largest pinniped in the world, with males attaining lengths of 6. 5 m and a

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) Grytviken Harbour, South Georgia