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

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) vocalising outside deserted whaling station, Stromness Bay, South Georgia, sub Antarctic

Southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) pups outside deserted whaling station, Stromness Bay, South Georgia, sub Antarctica

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

Young southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) on the beach on Petermann Island, Antarctica. This species is the largest pinniped in the world, with males attaining lengths of 6. 5 m and a weight of 3, 700 kg. A remarkable diver, recorded to depths of 1444

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.

Southern Elephant Seal (Mirounga leonina) hauled out (note huge proboscis) Peninsula Valdes, Argentina. Atlantic Ocean.

Mother and pup 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 weight of

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

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