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Two weaned elephant seal pups playing at the Piedras Blancas rookery. Theirloose baggy skin is a sign that their mother has left them to fish in the ocean,and that they have been living off their own fat reserves.
Photographer
Barbara Taylor NMFS/SWFSC/PRD
Display Date
2005
Location
California, Point Piedras Blancas
Collection
NOAA's Ark
Seals & Sea Lions