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

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

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

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

Newborn southern elephant seasl (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 coa

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

Adult bull southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) on the beach on Torgesen Island just outside Palmer Station in Port Arthur, 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.

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) 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 3, 700 kg. A re

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