Watch an Elephant Mother Make a Lion Rethink Attacking Her Baby! Baby elephants live under the watchful eye of their mothers until they are fully grown. Mother elephants are incredibly protective,… See the Heart-Pumping Video of Genius Buffalo Protecting Their Young from 30 Hungry Hyenas The...
The oceans contain a vast variety of creatures. Here are some marine animals whose names span the alphabet from A to Z.
This is most dramatically seen in the elephant seal species. Aside from being the largest species of seal, they are the most aggressive and attack and occasionally kill other males during the breeding season. Dive Reflexes and Physiological Adaptations Seals and sea lions also have several ...
Examples of earless (true) seals:Harbor (common) seal (Phoca vitulina), grey seal (Halichoerus grypus), hooded seal (Cystophora cristata), harp seal (Phoca groenlandica), elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), and monk seal (Monachus schauinslandi). Characteristics of Otariidae (Eared Seals, Inclu...
i Sea lions, with their unmistakably noisy quirks, are sure to get the attention of passersby. If you're ever lucky enough to catch a glimpse of a sea lion, he may be basking in the sun while enjoying a snooze, or he might be barking, letting his voice be heard. Sea lions are co...
What's bigger walrus or elephant seal? Among the most amazing of pinnipeds are theelephant seals. ... They are the biggest of pinnipeds – bigger even than walruses – there being a record of a giant male Southern elephant seal that was between 6.5 and 6.8 m long and weighed over 4000...
I. The ecology of the louse Lepidophthirus macrorhini Enderlein on the southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina (L). Aust J Zool 13:437–454 Murray MD, Smith MSR, Soucek Z (1965) Studies on the ectoparasites of seals and penguins. II. The ecology of the louse Antarctophthirus ogmor...
It has been his job to ensure that Shell’s plans to drill more than 60 miles offshore in the Chukchi Sea—the wild Arctic water between Alaska and Siberia—wouldn’t harm Pacific walruses, particularly the juveniles, calves, and nursing mothers that dominate the Chukchi during the drilling ...
All have short fur, the walrus having almost none, and the tail is vestigial. Length ranges from 1.1–1.4 meters (3.6–4.6 feet) in Baikal seals and Caspian seals to 6.5 metres (3.6 to 21 feet) in elephant seals, and weights range from about 30 kg (66 pounds) in some female fur ...