Elephant Seal and Gull, Piedras Blancas, California

A male northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) rests in the surf on the beach at the Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery near San Simeon, California, as a gull stands nearby. Elephant seals typically spend 9 months at sea, coming to shore only to give birth and mate. Male elephant seals, known as bulls, are exceptionally large, weighing up to 5,500 pounds (2,500 kilograms). The Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery is part of the Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area, managed by California.

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A male northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) rests in the surf on the beach at the Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery near San Simeon, California, as a gull stands nearby. Elephant seals typically spend 9 months at sea, coming to shore only to give birth and mate. Male elephant seals, known as bulls, are exceptionally large, weighing up to 5,500 pounds (2,500 kilograms). The Piedras Blancas Elephant Seal Rookery is part of the Piedras Blancas State Marine Reserve and Marine Conservation Area, managed by California.