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Two elephant seal pups play-fighting on the beach. After their mother leavesthe rookery for the ocean, weaned elephant seal pups will wait for her to comeback until they lose so much weight and get such baggy skin that they startfishing for themselves.
Credit
NOAA Fisheries
Photographer
Barbara Taylor NMFS/SWFSC/PRD
Location
California, Point Piedras Blancas
Collection
NOAA's Ark
Seals & Sea Lions